Crying Earth Rise Up

SCREENINGS & AWARDS

Sedona International Film Festival

Red Nations Film 

Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival

American Indian Film Festival

The Tulsa American Film Festival

Uranium Film Festival

University of Louisville Native American Film Festival

Tribal Film Festival

Numbi Fest

Think Outside the Mine Film Festival

REEL Earth Film Festival

EcoFilm Festival

Athens International Film Festival

Byron Bay International Film Festival

Native Women in Film and Television Festival

Big Muddy Film Festival

Frozen River Film Festival

Show Me Justice Film Festival

Colorado Film Festival

Native American Indian Film Festival of the Southeast

Emerald Earth Film Festival

Uranium Film Festival

BROADCASTS

National Broadcasts, PBS, 2015

CREDITS

Director/Producer

Suree Towfighnia

Producer

Courtney Hermann

Consulting Producer

Debra White Plume

Editor

Sharon Karp

Director of Photography

Suree Towfighnia

Additional Camera

Jessica Hoffman, Bryan Litt, Becky McMillen, Ines Sommer

Sound Recordist

Reuben Cruz

Additional Producer 

Beth Sternheimer

Associate Producers

Amber Mohammad, Cari Smith, Jessica Tevaga

Field Producer

Bryan Litt

Writers

Reuben Cruz, Suree Towfighnia

Production Assistants

Rayette Camp, Vic Camp, Jeremy Pettigrew, Rosebud White Plume

Post Production Facilities

Media Monster Chicago

Sound Mixing

Another Country

Drew Weir, Re-Recording Mixer; Alison Ho, Assistant SFX Editors; Mike Regan, Assistant SFX Editors; Tim Konn, Audio Post Production Supervisor

Additional Editors

Kerribeth Elliott, Jessica Hoffman, Suree Towfighnia

Assistant Editors

Reuben Cruz, Bridget Rutherford

Additional Footage Provided By

Mike Galanda, 350.org, Waves for Water

Interns

Laura Aimone, Jose Medina, Joseph Kowalski, Alex Roberts, Kathryn Robinson, Matt Sezer, Cari Smith

Animators 

Aaron Bowers, Kaci Smith

News Montage

Evan Smith 

Artists and Graphic Designers

Nicole Ferentz, Lance Martin, La Muñeca

The Lakota Media Project

Roslyn (Sugar) Bear Runner, Brooklyn Camp, Mary Camp, Miranda Dick, Frankki Martin, Darci Phillips, Justine White Hawk, Rosebud White Plume

Still Photographers

Reuben Cruz, Kent Lebsock, Jeremy Pettigrew

Website Design / Master

Prairie Dust Films

Legal Services

Vanessa Bachtell, Esquire

Consultants

Penny Costello, Winona LaDuke, Dr. Hannan LaGarry

Fiscal Agent

Documentary Educational Resources

Kickstarter Producers

Paris and Antonio Buchanan, Marion Krott, Jim Perkins, Joyce and Eddie Towfighnia

MUSIC 

"NDN R.A.P. Redux" courtesy of che christ, www.chechrist.com

“Highway 18 Song” courtesy of Crazy Horse Singers

Selected Tracks composed by Sharon Karp

"Rise" and "Sunflower" written and performed by Bill MacKay 

Publishing under William Dwight MacKay via ASCAP/ Son of Fire Recordings, copyright 2014), Courtesy of Son of Fire, www.billmackay.com

Selected Tracks by Matou 

(Courtesy of Tiokasin Ghosthorse) 

"Water Drum Song" performed by Oyuh'pa Singers

"Creation Song" and "Sacred Water Song" performed by Autumn Two Bull

MUSIC COURTESY OF FIRSTCOM

"Uncertainty" and "Breath Again" composed by Jonathan Elias [ASCAP] and Sarah Trevino [ASCAP], published by ZFC Music ASCAP, 

Perfect Moment Music ASCAP

"Distant Lands" composed by Ben Niblett [PRS] and Jon Cotton [PRS], 

published by Chappell Recorded Music Library Ltd PRS

"Practical Thinking" composed by Jonathan Elias [ASCAP] and Mike Fraumeni [ASCAP], published by AFC Music ASCAP, Perfect Moment Music ASCAP

"Lakota Land" composed by Matt Hirt [BMI], 

published by Revision West BMI

Special Thanks

The Yellow Thunder Family, The Pettigrew Family, The White Plume Tiospaye, Paul Anthony, Rudy Avina, The Bean Broker in Chadron, NE,

Black Hills Treaty Council, Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago Filmworks, James Foley, The Gomez Hotline, Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance, KILI Radio, Angela Koenig, Georgiana Lee, Todd Lillethun, Debra Michaud 

Ian Miller, Jim Morrisette, The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha

NEIS/ David Kraft, Niles North High School, WHO Club at Niles North

Brenda Norrell / Censored News, Oglala Lakota College, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Russell Porter, Michael Rabiger, Street Level Youth Media, South Dakota State University, Brookings, Town of Crawford, NE, Utah Tar Sands, Facebook and Twitter Friends, All our Allies on the Frontlines Protecting Sacred Water

Statistical References

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

The Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, The South Dakota Department of Environmental Quality, The National Archives, Hot Springs County Commisioners, National Resource Defence Council, The Environmental Protection Agency, Cameco, Inc., Powertech USA, Dr. Hannan LaGarry

Executive Producer for Vision Maker Media

Shirley K. Sneve