Remaining Native

Seventeen-year-old Kutoven “Ku” Stevens, of Nevada’s Yerington Paiute tribe, is a prodigious runner. He’s set his sights on a track scholarship, but faces significant hurdles: he doesn’t have a coach, for one thing. But he draws motivation from his remarkable family history: in an era when Native American children were sent to boarding schools to be “civilised”, Ku’s great-grandfather, aged just eight, ran 80 kilometres to escape. Director Paige Bethmann intertwines Ku's personal journey with a history of these schools, shedding light on a painful past while celebrating cultural survival. This stirring, exceptional doc offers a poignant exploration of identity, endurance, and history’s impact on the present.

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