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Moving pictures - with sound and everything!
Ready to sit for a spell? Rather watch and listen than walk and read? Well, how about a show then? Something entertaining and educational?
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But no food or drink! We're not that fun.
Ferret Town
A short film by Caldera Productions
Monday - Saturday, 10:15 AM;1:45 PM
Sunday, 1:15 PM
The black-footed ferret was thought to be extinct when a small population was discovered near Meeteetse, WY in 1981, setting off an urgent race to recover the species from only 18 animals. This film follows the ongoing efforts of many dedicated individuals to return this endangered species to the wild.
Runtime: 10 minutes
King Corn
A documentary by Bullfrog Films
Monday - Saturday, 10:30 AM; 2:00PM;
Sunday, 1:30 PM
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation.
Runtime: 50 minutes
Big River
A documentary by Bullfrog Films
Monday - Saturday, 11:20 AM; 2:50 PM
Sunday, 2:20 PM
Following up on their Peabody Award-winning documentary "King Corn", Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis have returned to Iowa with a new mission: to investigate the environmental impact their acre of corn has had on the people and places downstream.
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Runtime: 27 minutes
Black Border Warriors
A documentary by Joseph Hill
Monday - Saturday, 12:05, 3:35 PM
Sunday, 3:00 PM
“Black Border Warriors: The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts” weaves a historical tapestry about a unique band of African-Americans, the Black Seminole.
Runtime: 68 minutes
The Daughter of Dawn
A silent film by the Texas Film Company and restored by the Oklahoma Historical Society
Monday - Saturday, 1:15 PM;
Sunday, 4:15 PM
After screening only a handful of times when it was made in 1920, “The Daughter of Dawn” disappeared without a trace. For almost 90 years it was considered lost—until it was rediscovered by the Oklahoma Historical Society. Now beautifully restored and with a new orchestral score, the film is an astonishing revelation.
The beautifully filmed drama features romantic rivalry, bison hunts, village scenes, dances, deceit, tests of courage, and hand-to-hand combat. The cast of more than 300 Kiowa and Comanche actors brought their own tipis, horses, clothing, and traditions to the set, making The Daughter of Dawn fascinating to film fans and students of American Indian history and culture.
The version of “Daughter of Dawn” shown here at the Museum of the Great Plains is a shortened 25-minute version of the original 80-minute runtime. We thank the Oklahoma Historical Society for permission to show the film.
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Runtime: 25 minutes
THE LAKOTA BERENSTAIN BEARS
"A Week at Grandma's"
A collaboration between the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Lakota Language Consortium, and Berenstain Enterprises, Inc
Monday - Saturday, 11:45 AM; 3:15, 4:45 PM;
Sunday 2:45; 4:45 PM
When Mama and Papa Bear decide to go on a vacation, Brother and Sister Bear have more fun at their grandparents’ house than they expect.
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The Lakota Berenstain Bears Project is a joint venture of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Lakota Language Consortium. Voices of the characters are all from the Lakota-speaking Standing Rock, Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge, and Rosebud communities of North and South Dakota, and reflect all local dialects of the language.
Runtime: 13 minutes
ARRIVAL OF THE 1526
A home video by Archie Dunn
Monday - Saturday, 10:25 AM;
12:00, 1:10, 1:40, 1:55, 3:30, 4:40 PM;
Sunday, 1:25, 3:00, 4:10, 4:40 PM
See footage of the Frisco 1526 steam engine as it inched to the Museum of the Great Plains in 1961! (Spoiler alert - tanks and a crane involved.)
