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Wind Grass Song The Voice of Our Grandmothers
A film by Jana Birchum and Tori Breitling
1989, 20 minutes, Color, VHS/16mm
Order No. W99347
Based on interviews with Oklahoma women aged 85 to 101 years, WIND GRASS SONG presents a unique vision of U.S. regional culture through an invaluable oral history. In this impressionistic documentary, venerable faces and voices of these elderwomen-Black, Native American and white-are interwoven with highly evocative shots of the landscape. Summer locusts, prairie grass and tornadoes of red earth are swept into the rhythms of rural life on the Great Plains, conveying how the land shaped the lives of these courageous women.
AWARDS, FESTIVALS, & SCREENINGS

- Third Wave Women's Film Festival, Austin
- Oberhausen Film Festival
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QUOTES

"A beautifully evocative film which reminds me of the strength, beauty and wisdom of older women. A film about history, memory, and the spirit of mid-westerners who conquered the challenges of this century."
Cara Mertes
Independent Focus, WNET
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