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Where the Shinncock tribe once buried relatives, Hamptons mansions pepper the landscape, pitting pricey property against priceless heritage.
Treva Wurmfeld's feature directorial debut, Shepard & Dark, about playwright Sam Shepard, made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012 and won top awards at the Woodstock Int. Film Festival, the Cleveland Int. Film Festival and the Florida Film Festival. That year, Wurmfeld was included in Filmmaker Magazines 25 new… Show more
Julianna Brannum is a documentary filmmaker based in Austin, TX. Her first film, The Creek Runs Red, was selected to air on PBS’s national prime-time series, Independent Lens. She later co-produced a feature-length documentary with Emmy Award-winning producer, Stanley Nelson for PBS’s We Shall Remain– a 5-part series on Native American history. The… Show more
Charles Certain is a Shinnecock Montauk Native residing on the Shinnecock Reservation in South Hampton, New York. Owner of Certain Media, Inc. For the last 11 years he has worked as a videographer and editor for the town of Southampton. His footage appears regularly on the local government cable station. He also documents all the important events on the… Show more
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In the Hamptons the median home price is $1,000,000 and hedge fund managers sell sprawling compounds for nine-figure profits. But before the ubiquity of multimillion dollar homes, golf courses, and well-attended summer soirees, the Shinnecock tribe called the land in the Hamptons home. Without powerful advocates, the tribe lost land by the acre to decades of rampant development, sparking a battle to define land as commodity or birthright. Enter Rebecca Hill-Genia, American Indian Movement advocate and the unabashed voice of Shinncock land rights. In the eyes of the tribe, her quest to liberate Hamptons land is a fight for community, heritage and home. Calling on beliefs from the Shinncock’s past, can she manage to ensure a place for them in the Hamptons’ future?
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