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Kendall Moore, PhD
Professor, Journalism & Film/Media
Documentary Filmmaker
University of Rhode Island












Sovereign Nation/Sovereign Neighbor
(7 minutes)
Sovereign Nation/Sovereign Neighbor (7 min. 2006)
looks at the brutal treatment of the Narragansett during the 2003 Smoke Shop Raid in Charlestown, Rhode Island.The 7-minute film aired on PBS, is now featured at the Narragansett Tomaquag Indian Museum in Rhode Island, and is used as an educational and organizing tool by the Narragansett Indians. Also, the film, which was funded by the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities, received the Independence Award at the Media That Matters Festival in 2006.
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