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ABOVE BOY

 

Above Boy is a documentary short and intimate lens into the lives of the Chipps family, members of the Oglala Lakota Nation on the Pineridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The documentary, filmed over a two-year period, spotlights the spiritual foundation of Benjamin Godfrey Chipps “mikal okshila (above boy),” the origins of his medicine man lineage and takes a deep dive into the raw modern realities of the reservation through the experiences of his wife (Beverly Red Elk), sons and daughters. Unvarnished and eye-opening, ‘Above Boy’ is a film about ancestry, consequence, and the delicacy of ceremony and life on the reservation.    

 
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SCREENING DATES


2022 Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival

August 13th @ 2:00pm


2022 BronzeLens Film Festival

August 23rd – 28th


PAST EVENTS

2022 Black Hills Film Festival

2022 Big Sky Film Festival

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FROM THE FILMMAKERS

 
 

IT IS A GREAT HONOR AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER TO BE ALLOWED INTO THE WORLD OF THEIR SUBJECTS, AND TO BE TRUSTED TO TELL THEIR STORY WITH INTEGRITY. STARTING IN 2014, BELIEVE MEDIA FOUNDERS, LUKE THORNTON AND LIZ SILVER TRAVELED TO THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION ON THE SOUTH DAKOTA BADLANDS WITH GERMAN DIRECTING DUO, SHOOTING MONKEYS AND LUCY MARTENS TO BEGIN THIS JOURNEY.

 IN THE LAST PHASE OF FILMING, THE PROJECT ADHERES TO BELIEVE’S GUT-DRIVEN DESIRE TO MAKE FILMS WITH PURE SUBSTANCE.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS / LUKE THORNTON + LIZ SILVER

PRODUCERS / GODFREY BENJAMIN CHIPPS + SEBASTIAN FUNKE + LIZ SILVER

DIRECTORS / SHOOTING MONKEYS + LUCY MARTENS

LOCATION / PINE RIDGE RESERVATION, SOUTH DAKOTA BADLANDS

 

WATCH THE TRAILER

FILMED ON LOCATION IN SOUTH DAKOTA

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BACKGROUND

 

WHO ARE
THE LAKOTA INDIANS?

NATIVE AMERICAN HEALERS ;
THE ROLE OF THE SHAMAN

 
 
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CONTACT

FOR SCREENINGS AND PRESS INQUIRIES

CONTACT :  ABOVEBOY@BELIEVEMEDIA.COM

VISIT :  BELIEVE MEDIA