Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
Broken Rainbow
1985
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A documentary film with the title Broken Rainbow. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary discusses the plight of the Navajo and Hopi peoples who were forcibly relocated from Black Mesa, Arizona after the 1974 Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act. It opens with footage of a congressional hearing on the Navajo relocation.
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Catalog reference: 2017.55.92.1a
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