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Tracing Roots
A Master Weaver’s journey to understand a spruce root hat found in a retreating glacier.
201435m0.0out of 100 votes
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.
Directed by Ellen Frankenstein
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