“Pride & Basketball” by Cinnamon Spear, (2013) was created as a Master’s thesis project. The film investigates the role that basketball plays in the lives of young men on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in southeastern Montana. The film explores the theory that, in the post-colonial era, the basketball court has transformed into a modern day battlefield where historic tribal rivalries are relived, non-Native race relations are played out, and our young men are recognized for their bouts of bravery and leadership.
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