Movie Details
Original Language:English
Production Companies:All Rites Reserved
Cast & Crew
J
Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Director
J
Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Producer
B
Brian C. Gregory
Sound Designer
The Sacred Food (2007)
StarringDave Hoagland, Jr.
DirectorJack Pettibone Riccobono
Plot
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 tribes oral history and belief system while showing the traditional process of handharvesting 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