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The Lost Spirits

Jan 01, 2009 | IMDB 0

53 min Watch Now

Documentary

The last surviving Native Americans on Long Island are the focus of The Lost Spirits. The film chronicles their struggles as an indigenous people to maintain their identity amidst relentless modernization and a heartless bureaucracy.

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