PROMISES OF OUR GRANDMOTHERS

promises of our grandmothers - a feature documentary

The story of the Giniw Collective, a diverse resistance group led by Indigenous women, two-spirit, femme, and queer frontline warriors dedicated to protecting Mother Earth, defending the water, and living in balance as they fight Enbridge's Line 3, a pipeline that will carve trenches through 340-miles of Minnesota's unspoiled wetlands, poisoning water, Indigenous land, and threatening to destroy their very way of life. Told from multiple perspectives over the three years following the disbanding of Standing Rock, we show the unshakable bonds built through frontline work and the urgency of what's at stake if they fail to protect it.

Executive Producers: Rosario Dawson, Jodie Evans, Robina Riccitiello

Directors: Gingger Shankar & Big Wind River

Producers: Erin Cook, Gingger Shankar, Sadie Luetmer, Tara Houska

Advisors: OneEarth, Justin Winters, Exposure Labs, Rainforest Action Network