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Rising Free (2019)
Beautiful scenery, yet another "white savior" movie
I made an IMDB account just to review this movie. I will say that the scenery is indeed beautiful but the acting is just mediocre. However, the plot is a typical Hollywood display of indigenous people, one where the indigenous characters are white-washed and anglicized. There are not many movies that represent indigenous people and their lives, let alone ones that authentically depict the indigenous and their way of life. Once again we are shown another "white savior" movie where the white man, or the white family in this case, saves an indigenous person from a life of misery...a life of misery that was ironically created by the white man in the first place. What's more is that the main character is taken in by a white family who tells her that God is the answer to her pain and misery. So, authentic indigenous culture and religious beliefs are ignored and what's depicted is white-washed and Christianized in this movie. Ultimately the main character finds hope and solace in (the Christian) God. Once again we are shown another example of cultural genocide. I don't know what's worse... that native people are not represented in American culture or that when they are they are misrepresented. Either way, both are examples of the cultural genocide this country continues to commit against our natives peoples.