The Sacred Food

The Sacred Food

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 13, 2007

Runtime

0h 6m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

The Sacred Food

Production Companies

All Rites Reserved

Director

Jack Pettibone Riccobono

Description

A short documentary about the Ojibwe Native Americans of Northern Minnesota and the wild rice (Manoomin) they consider a sacred gift from the Creator. The film tells the Creation and Migration stories that are central to the tribe's oral history and belief system while showing the traditional process of hand-harvesting and parching the wild rice. Biotech companies are currently researching ways to genetically modify the rice and the community is fighting to keep it wild.