🎬 Documentary

Tracing Roots

"A Master Weaver’s journey to understand a spruce root hat found in a retreating glacier."

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A new documentary that follows master Haida weaver Delores Churchill on a journey to replicate a spruce root hat discovered with the Long Ago Person Found. The 300-year-old traveler was discovered in British Columbia and DNA testing discovered living descendants in Canada and Alaska. Her search crosses cultures and borders, and involves artists, scholars and scientists. The project raises questions about understanding and interpreting ownership, knowledge and connection.

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Year
2014
Runtime
35m
Genre
Documentary
Language
EN

Cast

🎭 Documentary 🎬 Ellen Frankenstein 👤 Delores Churchill
native american aging weaving haida women

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Tracing Roots has a runtime of 35m ( and 35 minutes).
Tracing Roots was directed by Ellen Frankenstein and released in 2014.
Tracing Roots is a Documentary film (2014).
The cast of Tracing Roots includes Delores Churchill.

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