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{{Infobox film | name = Standing Silent Nation | image = Poster of the movie Standing Silent Nation.jpg | caption = | director = Suree Towfighnia | producer = Courtney Hermann | writer = | starring = | music = | cinematography = | editing = Sharon Karp | distributor = | released = {{Film date|2006|10|27|Native Voice Film Festival}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Standing Silent Nation''''' is a 2006 documentary film about Alex White Plume, a resident of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. After a great deal of research, Alex and his family planted industrial hemp, under the incorrect assumption that tribal sovereignty laws would allow the production of this non-psychoactive relative of marijuana, and the film details the consequences of his actions.<ref>[https://www.pbs.org/pov/films/standing/ PBS Synopsis]</ref>
''Standing Silent Nation'' was directed by Suree Towfighnia and aired as part of PBS's ''Point of View'' series in 2007.
==Project funders== ''Standing Silent Nation'' is made possible with the support of Native American Public Telecommunications, the Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, the Playboy Foundation, and many others who have donated to the project over the years.
==Awards== The documentary was awarded Red Nation Film Festival awards for Best Director, Best Producer, and Best Documentary in 2009.<ref>{{citation|work=Indian Country Today|title=Red Nation Film Festival announces Native film awards|date=February 11, 2009|url=https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/red-nation-film-festival-announces-native-film-awards/}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website|http://www.standingsilentnation.com/}} * [https://archive.today/20130415210114/http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/standing/index.html P.O.V. Standing Silent Nation] - PBS's site dedicated to the film * {{IMDb title|0790753|Standing Silent Nation}}
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