Alexandra Lazarowich

Alexandra Lazarowich

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Alexandra Lazarowich is a Cree filmmaker who currently splits her time between Alberta and Brooklyn working on short films about the issues impacting Aboriginal peoples from around the world. She explores in her work the effects of colonization on Aboriginal peoples and their culture.

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Fast Horse 2018 (7)

The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with secondhand horses and a new jockey on his way to challenging the best riders in the Blackfoot Confederacy.
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Cree Code Talker 2016

CREE CODE TALKER reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles 'Checker' Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US archives it depicts the true story of Charles' involvement with the US Air Force and the development of the code talkers communication system, which was used to transmit crucial military communications, using the Cree language as a vital secret weapon in combat.
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Winding Path 2024

Eastern Shoshone medical student Jenna Murray spent summers on the Wind River Indian Reservation helping her grandpa in any way she could. When he suddenly dies, she must find a way to heal before realizing her dream of a life in medicine.