The Rivers Still Flow – American Indian Film Gathering

Film Details

Title: The Rivers Still Flow
Year: unknown
Duration: 0:30:54
Director: Alan Shilin
Writer: Alan Shilin
Producer: Edmund C. Shaw
Narrator: Ralph Camargo
Sponsor: unknown
Major Themes: Howard Red Bird (Cherokee) goes to Bacone College for Indians in Muskogee, Oklahoma
Individuals Named: James Redbird, Nancy (Kiowa), Howard Spotted Eagle.
Native Languages Spoken: No
Noteworthy Elements: Racial uplift film emphasizing the value of Christian conversion and assimilation. Shilin often made such films for the Presbyterian Church.
Other: Cinematography by Toge Fujihara