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202685 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Little Singer

202685 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

A medicine man and a small school on Diné land address historical trauma through song, teaching, and kinship.

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Maurizio Benazzo,

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A medicine man and a small school on Diné land address historical trauma through song, teaching, and kinship.

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Maurizio Benazzodirector

Zaya Benazzodirector

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Amidst the horizons of Diné land, the legacy of historical trauma echos through generations. At the center, a medicine man and a small school, where grief and resilience meet in song, teaching, and k’é (kinship). Little Singer is rooted in land; carrying the vision and medicine of k’é forward.

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