Mitakuye Oyasin

This is a part of the documentary called ' Across the Web'[working title] The documentary follows the making of the first music album ["The Message Stick"] to be completely created using files transferred between home music studios from all over the globe. While individual pieces of music are regularly 'collaborated' in this way, this is a world first in creative use of the Internet to make an entire double album.
The documentary itself is being created in the same way...with individual musicians and film makers recording their parts in their own studios and environments, transferring them 'across the web' and the final edit happens in one studio. This part of the doco features Native American artist Earthsongs and Grandfather Hinzi Luzaha who are the opening and closing music parts of disc one of the album.
It shows part of a Lakota smoke ritual and a powerful chant, the meaning of which is explained by Grandfather.
The doco will show many different lifestyles and cultures, as the music itself does.
This work is copyright [2008] by Pendragon Pictures and restricted to viewing here only. No unauthorized downloading please.
Directed by David Pendragon [over the Internet] with on site Director/camera/ editor Richard Young and camera operator David Knox. Appearing are Arthur Kills Straight Putnam/Flute and Tyler Williams/Drum, Vocal [ Grandfather Hinzi Luzaha ] Due for release late 08 early 09.

A low light shoot using Sony 3 chip mini DV format cameras in 'ambient light' Audio is remixed and re-stripped 'live' 16 track recording. Mixed by David Pendragon and Ben Mansfield.

My friend and teacher Hinzi Luzaha [Swift Buckskin Horse] talks about World Peace and how to achieve it. He is a practitioner of the Lakota ways. He is also 'Grandfather' in the music by Tribe World Ensemble member Arthur Kills Straight [Earthsongs].
A new video of that piece will be released soon on the Internet. It will include some stunning nature footage and shows a special smoking [smudge] ceremony that is used to purify people and objects.
Footage shot by Richard Young [USA] in a cabin in the forest country of Idaho. Directed over the Internet by David Pendragon.
[Copyright Tribe World Ensemble and David Pendragon.]