Rise
Season 1 Episode 4 - MMA Warriors
MMA is exploding in “Indian Country” as young Navajo fighters enter the cage, reviving old warrior traditions to battle the alcoholism, racism, and violence facing Native youth.
Subtitles: English
Season 1
S01:E01 - Sacred Water: Standing Rock (Pt. 1)
The people of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation of North and South Dakota fight to stop a pipeline from being built on their ancestral homeland.
S01:E02 - Red Power: Standing Rock (Pt. 2)
Over 5,000 Red Power warriors have descended on Standing Rock camp to stand in solidarity and protect tribal burial sites from the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
S01:E03 - Apache Stronghold
Apache sacred land has been handed over to a multinational mining company by the US government, but the San Carlos Apache are fighting to stop the transfer.
S01:E04 - MMA Warriors
MMA is exploding in “Indian Country” as young Navajo fighters enter the cage, reviving old warrior traditions to battle the alcoholism, racism, and violence facing Native youth.
S01:E05 - The Urban Rez
Canada’s largest Urban Rez takes back the streets, battling the intergenerational effect of residential schools, poverty, high crime and violence directed at girls and women.
S01:E06 - Hawaiian Sovereignty
Young Indigenous Hawaiians fight to reclaim their Occupied Kingdom from US control, resisting the construction of a billion-dollar telescope at the summit of their sacred Mauna Kea
S01:E07 - Poisoned River
Brazil’s Krenak People struggle to survive in the wake of a massive toxic spill that has contaminated the their drinking water, hunting grounds and culture.
S01:E08 - Warriors Rising
Savage Family, a militant Native hip-hop crew, recruits disenfranchised Native youth using rap to reclaim cultural identity and incite resistance by any means.
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