Winter Count backdrop

Winter Count 1976 Directed by Stephen E. Rivkin

"This film, narrated by an elderly woman, shows how Oglala Sioux pictorially recorded their calendar histories on buffalo hides, called 'winter counts.'" (US National Archives). Directed, produced, and edited by Oscar-nominated editor, Stephen E. Rivkin. The film was made with the Young Filmmaker Bicentennial Grant provided by the United States Information Agency.

Country USA
Language English
Release Date 1 January 1976
7 mins