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Bring Her Home tells the story of three Indigenous women fighting to vindicate and honor their missing and murdered relatives.
Directed by Leya Hale, an Indigenous filmmaker at TPT, Bring Her Home is a one-hour documentary that sheds light on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Movement and shares the powerful stories of three women – a politician, an artist, and an activist – each of whom is working to find healing and hope for themselves and for their Native community. Bring Her Home was broadcast in 48 states nationwide, by stations reaching 97.5% of U.S. TV households (via TRAC Media Services using Xperi data)
TPT’s premiere event for Bring Her Home drew over 400 attendees from as far away as Alaska and Australia. After attending the virtual event: 98% of survey respondents planned to learn more about the issue of MMIW. 98% planned to share what they learned with others. 93% felt inspired to act.
“I especially wanted young native women to see the power in ourselves—to see how powerful we are when we unite and come together in community; strengthen our identities. Whether that is through art or language, your voice can be strong.” –LEYA HALE As reported by Tom Cherveny of the West Central Tribune
Bring Her Home aired nationally in primetime on national PBS, screened at 31 film festivals from Montana to New Zealand, and represented the United States at INPUT 2022 in Barcelona, Spain, an international public television conference. The film was also selected to screen at the prestigious ImagineNative Film and Media Arts Festival in Toronto. “Absolutely inspirational and phenomenal!” -Attendee comment at community screening
2022 Best Documentary Feature, Red Nation Film Festival 2022 Best Feature Film, NatiVisions Film festival Winner 2022 Upper Midwest Emmy® Award, Documentary— Topical category 2022 National Public Media Award Finalist, Cultural Feature category 2022 Dog Iron Award, Best American Indian/First Nation/ Indigenous Feature, Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival To further the educational impact of Bring Her Home , TPT Learn collaborated with Indigenous community leaders and educators to develop an educational content guide for students grades 9-12. The guide has been uploaded to PBS LearningMedia, accessed by over 2 million educators, and is available on tpt.org as part of the community screening kit.
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