Pete Standing Alone is a Blood Indian who, as a young man, was more at home in the White man’s culture than his own. However, confronted with the realisation that his children knew very little about their origins, he became determined to pass down to them the customs and traditions of his ancestors. This hour-long film is the powerful biographical study of a twenty-five-year span in Pete’s life, from his early days as an oil-rig roughneck, rodeo rider and cowboy, to the present as an Indian concerned with preserving his tribe’s spiritual heritage in the face of an energy-oriented industrial age. Includes footage of a traditional headdress and saddle being presented to Prince Charles. Photographed by Douglas Kiefer and Ernest McNabb. Edited by Tom Daly. Music by Eldon Rathburn. Sound by Bev Davidson, Claude Hazanavicius and John Knight (Awards: San Antonio, Vancouver)
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ACMI Identifier
015928
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Canada - Vancouver - Awards
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indians of North America
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indians of North America - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indians of North America - Canada - Social life and customs
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Intercultural communication
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Acculturation
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnology
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Intercultural communication
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Spirituality
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Acculturation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Spirituality
History → Cowboys
People → Charles, Prince of Wales, 1948-
People → Cowboys
Short films
Short films → Short films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)