Rise
TV-14
8.7
2017
Documentary
We travel to Indigenous communities across the Americas to meet people protecting their homelands and rising up against colonization.
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Episode 8 : Warriors Rising
March. 10,2017
Savage Family, a militant Native hip-hop crew, recruits disenfranchised Native youth using rap to reclaim cultural identity and incite resistance by any means.
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Episode 7 : Poisoned River
March. 03,2017
The Krenak People fight to survive a toxic spill that has contaminated their river.
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Episode 6 : Hawaiian Sovereignty
February. 24,2017
Young Indigenous Hawaiians fight to reclaim their Occupied Kingdom from US control, resisting the construction of a billion-dollar telescope at the summit of their sacred Mauna Kea.
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Episode 5 : The Urban Rez
February. 17,2017
An urban reservation in Canada aims to fight poverty, crime and violence against girls and women.
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Episode 4 : MMA Warriors
February. 10,2017
Young Navajo fighters who engage in mixed-martial arts in order to combat alcoholism, racism and violence are spotlighted.
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Episode 3 : Apache Stronghold
February. 03,2017
The Apache's most sacred land has been handed over to a multinational mining company by the US government, but the San Carlos Apache are fighting to stop the transfer.
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Episode 2 : Red Power: Standing Rock Part II
January. 27,2017
Over 5,000 Red Power warriors have descended on Standing Rock camp to stand in solidarity and protect tribal burial sites from the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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Episode 1 : Sacred Water: Standing Rock Part I
January. 27,2017
The people of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of North and South Dakota fight to stop a pipeline from being built on their ancestral homeland.
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