TFPF 2008 RECIPIENT
$10,000 for post-production
Lost Tribes, a 30 minute documentary short, explores the quintessential American issues of free speech and ethnic pride against the backdrop of the ongoing Columbus Day controversy in Denver, Colorado. As a visual exploration of identity and history, the film develops as conflict arises between Denver’s Native American and Italian-American communities when addressing the issues of freedom of speech, the interpretation of history and what it means to be an “American.”