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Free for Passholders and All Access Members
The film is also available on VTIFF’s Virtual Cinema from Saturday, March 5th through March 7th.
Also playing Sunday, March 6th, 3 pm at The Savoy Theater in Montpelier. VTIFF Membership and Passes do not apply. Tickets for the Savoy HERE.
A story of a small group of Indigenous women who risk their lives to stop the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline construction that desecrated their ancient burial and prayer sites and threatens their land, water, and very existence. When the population of their peaceful protest camp exceeds 10,000, the women unwittingly find themselves the leaders of a global movement. The film also features searing testimony of the Indian boarding school and foster home atrocities, and the shocking record of forced sterilization programs. Exclusive interviews with Zintkala Mahpiya Win Black Owl (who gave birth at the Standing Rock protests) and visionary commentary from medicine woman Linda Black Elk, PhD, give End of the Line an authentic grounding in the essence of American Indian heritage, and the struggle for survival in the face of genocide.
Told through a combination of cinema verité, interviews, handheld, Ronin, drone, GoPro, and archival footage, End of the Line captures history in the making as the largest gathering of Native Americans in more than 200 years takes place on the Great Plains of North Dakota.
End of the Line is both an exploration of the rise of indigenous and feminine power in the areas of social and environmental justice, and a searing and deeply personal story of four brave women. Together, they must face the personal costs of leadership, even as their own lives and identities are left transformed by one of the great political and cultural events of the early 21st century.
***Followed by Q&A with the director
Sponsored by Kalché Wines
The festival program is in partnership with the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association
