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Broken Rainbow is a 1985 American documentary film by Maria Florio[3] and Victoria Mudd.[4]

Broken Rainbow
DVD cover
Directed by	Maria Florio Victoria Mudd
Produced by	Maria Florio Victoria Mudd[1]
Starring	Laura Nyro Buffy Sainte-Marie
Narrated by	Martin Sheen
Cinematography	Baird Bryant Frederick Elmes Victoria Mudd Tony St. John Joan Weidman
Edited by	Joanne D'Antonio Maria Florio Victoria Mudd Vivien Hillgrove
Music by	Laura Nyro
Distributed by	Earthworks Films[2]
Release date	1985 (1985)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Navajo

Summary

The film is about the history of Navajo Native Americans,[5] focusing on the government enforced relocation of thousands [6][7] from Black Mesa in Arizona after the 1974 Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act. According to the film, the Navajo were relocated to aid mining speculation in a process that began in 1964. The film is narrated by Martin Sheen.[8] The title song was written by Laura Nyro, the theme music was composed by Paul Apodaca, with other original music by Rick Krizman and Fred Myrow.[9]

Accolades

It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 58th Academy Awards.[10][11]

See also

• Black Mesa Peabody Coal controversy
• Wounded Knee incident
• American Indian Movement

References

External links

• Broken Rainbow at IMDb
• Broken Rainbow at AllMovie
• Broken Rainbow at Earthworks Films
• The entire film on YouTube
• New York Times review of the film

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