Who Owns the Past?
Brief Synopsis
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Documentary about the discovery of a 9000-year-old skeleton on the banks of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. The discovery has re-ignited the conflict between anthropologists and Native American people over the control of human remains found on ancestral lands. For the scientists, know
Cast & Crew
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N Jed Riffe
Director
Linda Hunt
Narration
Tish Pearlman
Scratch Narration
Nick Black
Voice Over
Rick Giachino
Voice Over
Gary Holt
Voice Over
Film Details
Also Known As
Independent Lens (10/05/01)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Documentary about the discovery of a 9000-year-old skeleton on the banks of the Columbia River near Kennewick, Washington. The discovery has re-ignited the conflict between anthropologists and Native American people over the control of human remains found on ancestral lands. For the scientists, knowledge is the highest goal and religious beliefs get in their way. Their opponents argue that disinterment and scientific testing is a violent act of colonialism.
Director
N Jed Riffe
Director
Cast
Linda Hunt
Narration
Tish Pearlman
Scratch Narration
Nick Black
Voice Over
Rick Giachino
Voice Over
Gary Holt
Voice Over
Rob Nilsson
Voice Over
Jed Riffe
Voice Over
William Smock
Voice Over
Crew
Sayeh Payandeh Azad
Assistant Producer
Jay Boekelheide
Editor
Paula Woods Bowne
Assistant Producer
Michael Boyle
Sound Recordist
George Burdeau
Segment Producer (Repatriation Segment)
George Burdeau
Script Consultant
George Burdeau
Segment Director (Repatriation Segment)
Jennifer Chinlund
Editor
Steve Christianson
Camera
Katherine Covell
Associate Producer
Joe Crivelli
Co-Producer
Sara Martinez De Osaba
Associate Producer
Christina Deh-lee
Graphic Artist
Brian Duncan
Production Assistant
B C Echo-hawk
Assistant Camera
Harry Forbes
Publicist (Pbs/New York)
Vicente Franco
Camera
John Gengl
Motion Control Camera
Rick Giachino
Sound Recordist
Rick Giachino
Co-Producer
Rick Giachino
Editor
Rick Giachino
Camera
Jon Herbst
Music
Sam Hinckley
Sound Designer
Tom Inskeep
Assistant Camera
Jerry Joffe
Sound Recordist
Tom Kaufman
Camera
John Koenig
Production Assistant
Daniel Laidman
Production Assistant
Jim Locker
Camera
Daniel Meyers
Camera
Andrew Morris
Sound Recordist
Matty Nematollahi
Sound Recordist
Alec O'young
Production Assistant
E Larry Oatfield
Sound Designer
Teiji Ozawa
Motion Control Camera
Marissa Pearl
Production Assistant
Jed Riffe
Camera
N Jed Riffe
Producer
R D Rouse
Additional Screenplay
Stan Shectman
Production Assistant
Antonio Smith
Camera
William Smock
Graphic Artist
William Smock
Editor
William Smock
Writer (Narration)
Heidi Varian
Production Assistant
Jennifer Vest
Script Consultant
Film Details
Also Known As
Independent Lens (10/05/01)
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2001
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
