THE BOXERS OF BRULE
Documentary Feature, 2021 ⏐ Vice World News
Documentary Short, 2019 ⏐ Collective Eye
Role: Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Editor
Best Documentary Short ⏐ imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
Best Documentary Short Nominee ⏐ Tribeca Film Festival
At 23 years old, Shaionna Grass Rope lost her best friend Cheryl Ziegler to suicide. Cheryl- her cousin by blood and sister by culture- was an aspiring boxer who battled depression and addiction. Though facing the same struggles, Shaionna creates a boxing team for the girls following in their footsteps, determined to end trends of youth suicide within the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.