The Lost Spirits
Jan 01, 2009 | IMDB 0
53 min Watch NowDocumentary
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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