Contrary Warriors: A Film of the Crow Tribe (1985)

• Documentary

Examines the impact a century of struggling for survival has on a native people. It weaves the Crow tribe's turbulent past with modern-day accounts from Robert Yellow-tail, a 97-year-old Crow leader and a major reason for the tribe's survival. Poverty and isolation combine with outside pressures to undermine the tribe, but they resist defeat as "Contrary Warriors," defying the odds.

Rating

7 / 10 (1 votes)

Release date

November 1, 1985

Runtime

1h 00m

Language

English

Director

Connie Poten

Status

Released