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Broken Rainbow
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Broken Rainbow is a 1985 American documentary film directed by Victoria Mudd. The film features cast members Laura Nyro, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Martin Sheen, and Burgess Meredith, with music composed by Laura Nyro. It was originally released in the English language and is set in Arizona. The narrative chronicles the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians.
The film has a runtime of 70 minutes. It received the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film and is recognized in the Academy Award Best Documentary collection. Critical reception includes a rating of 6.7 from IMDb and a 5.8 average from TMDb. The work is categorized under the genres of documentary and history.
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Broken Rainbow appears in Vinony's Best Documentary Feature collection — one of 188 entries.
Within Vinony's link graph, Broken Rainbow is referenced by 105 other articles, and connects out to Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, English language and Arizona.
It is catalogued under topics including 1985 American films, 1985 documentary films and 1985 English-language films.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Film · TMDB
5.8Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
Cast
- Peter MacDonald as Self - Chairman, Navajo Tribal Council
- Dennis DeConcini as Self - Senator, D-Arizona (uncredited)
- Mae Horseson as Self
- Hosteen Nez as Self
- Jerry Kammer as Self - Journalist & Author
- Jane Biakeddy as Self
Themes
- sheep
- radiation
- indigenous
- arizona
- native american
- navajo
- genocide
- u.s. congress
- forced relocation
- native american reservation
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Ratings
IMDb
6.8/10
287 votes
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Cast member
- Gerald Ford
- Composer
- Laura Nyro
- Narrative location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 70
- FilmAffinity ID
- 953732
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- publication date
- 1985-01-01
- title
- Broken Rainbow
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