The Thick Dark Fog (2011)
Reclaiming Native American Identity
57 min
Walter Littlemoon attended a federal Indian boarding school in South Dakota sixty years ago. The mission of many of these schools in 1950, was still to “kill the Indian and save the man.” The children were beaten, humiliated or abused if they spoke their language or expressed their culture or native identity in any way. The trauma led many to alcoholism and violence in adulthood. At age 58, Walter began writing his memoirs as a way to explain his own abusive behaviors to his estranged children, but he could not complete the project without confronting the “thick dark fog” of his past so he could heal.
- Release date
- November 5, 2011
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Walter Littlemoon as Self
- Manuel Yellow Horse Jr. as Young Walter
- Joyce Ferrer as Walter's Mother
Crew
- Randy Vasquez · Director
- Paul Freedman · Writer
- Jonathan Skurnik · Producer
- Randy Vasquez · Producer
- Kathryn Bostic · Composer
- Kahlil Hudson · Cinematographer
- Paul Freedman · Editor