Walking the Good Red Road: Nicholas Black Elk’s Journey to Sainthood

Walking the Good Red Road: Nicholas Black Elk’s Journey to Sainthood (2020)

Documentary

This retelling of Black Elk’s life and legacy relies heavily on archival photographs and publications, expert interviews, and historical reenactments on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. In so doing, it goes beyond the book, Black Elk Speaks, and encompasses his entire life and legacy culminating with his family’s request that the Catholic Church declare him a saint. According to records from the Diocese of Rapid City, Black Elk was born around 1865. He came from a family of medicine men and he carried on their work. He was at the Battle of Little Big Horn close to the Montana-Wyoming border in 1876. Around 1877, he joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show and toured in Europe. He returned to the United States in 1889. Through his interaction with Jesuit priests, he converted to the Catholic faith and was baptized on December 6, 1904, the feast of St. Nicholas. One biographer said he took the name Nicholas because he was inspired by the saint’s generosity.

Director: Christoper Salvador

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	Jim Greulich as Narrator
	Kalani Queypo as Nicholas Black Elk
	Aaron Pierce as
	James Lays Bad as
	Samantha Dreaming Bear as
	Shiadiem I'atala as
	Tayvien Whiteface as
	Ernest White Hawk as
	J. Charles McGaa as
	Milagro Whiteface as
	Charles Sweeney as
	Galen Caludeanos as
	Steve Chung as
	Austin Cuny as
	Bella Whitehorse as
	Billie Jo Clifford as
	Bryan Blue Bird as
	Christoper Salvador as
	Elias High Hawk as
	Jaylend Brewer as
	Jennifer Yankton as
	Jeremiah Zachary Janis as
	Kamia Whitehorse as
	Lawrence Ryen Dwyer as
	Louie Black Feather as
	Markita Piper as
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