The Lost Spirits

Name: The Lost Spirits
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2009-01-01
Duration: 53 min

200953m

★ 0.0

Documentary

The last surviving Native Americans on Long Island are the focus of The Lost Spirits. The film chronicles their struggles as an indigenous people to maintain their identity amidst relentless modernization and a heartless bureaucracy.

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