Broken Rainbow
05/05/1985
1h 10m



Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
Cast
Peter MacDonald
Self - Chairman, Navajo Tribal Council
Dennis DeConcini
Self - Senator, D-Arizona (uncredited)
Mae Horseson
Self
Hosteen Nez
Self
Jerry Kammer
Self - Journalist & Author
Jane Biakeddy
Self
Louise Benally
Self
Alice Benally
Self


Mo Udall
Self - Congressman, D-Arizona
Fermina Banyacya
Self - Hopi
Steve Tullberg
Self - Indian Legal Resource Center
Helen Sekaquaptewa
Self - Hopi
Tim Coulter
Self - Indian Legal Resource Center
Nancy Evans
Self - Navajo
Thomas Banyacya
Self - Interpreter for Traditional Hopi Leaders
Peter Wiley
Self - Author
Jesse Harrison
Self - Navajo
Donald Roe
Self
Elsie Peshlakai
Self


Dennis Banks
Self - American Indian Movement


Winona LaDuke
Self
David Monongye
Self - Traditional Hopi Leader
Manuel Lujan Jr.
Self - Congressman, R-New Mexico


Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage)
Roberta Blackgoat
Self
Laura Nez
Self
Chilson McCabe
Self
Asdzáan Yazzie
Self


Daniel Inouye
Self - Senator, D-Hawaii (uncredited)


Barry Goldwater
Self - Senator, R-Arizona (uncredited)


Martin Sheen
Narrator (voice)


Buffy Sainte-Marie
Translator's Voice (voice)


Burgess Meredith
Historical Voice (voice)
Semu Haute
Native Voice (voice)
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