This May Be the Last Time

This film was a selection on a flight last week. I am stunned that there has only been one review of this movie. At first blush the movie is about songs that have been sung by the Native American tribes from SE Oklahoma. It is that....and so much more. There is the disappearance of the film director's grandfather; the tie in with the trail of tears; and the awful way America treated the Native Americans. It was chilling to hear Alvin Deer speak about American Christians bringing the gospel and committing genocide at the same time. Also chilling was hearing Nelson speak about the soldiers on the trail of tears raping young Native American girls and no one could stop them.

The talk of heaven and the new land is reminiscent of Negro spirituals and the focus on heaven. Hope for the hopeless.

The question is 'have we learned anything about the treatment of other people?'