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201383 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Young Lakota

201383 minPGdocumentary

8.0/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Three young people from South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation confront significant challenges in their daily lives.

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Rose Rosenblatt,

Marion Lipschutz

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Three young people from South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation confront significant challenges in their daily lives.

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Rose Rosenblattdirector

Marion Lipschutzdirector

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Three young people living in South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation are faced with difficult challenges.

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