This is a look at the Michigan Anishinaabek Cultural Preservation & Repatriation Alliance (MACPRA), which is working to get the remains of Indigenious people who have been dug up and disinterred over the last two hundred years and placed into museums and universities by scientists.
This is a good look at how we are moving to return the dead back to their place of burial. It's a film that forces us to look at how we view the dead of various cultures, including our own. I say that because at the heart of the matter is the question is how would be feel if some other group of people came and dug up our loved ones. When you place ourselves in the position of the people trying to get their loved ones back, we see that they are right.
The title is a reference to how all parts of the past present and future are now. There is no end and no beginning which is why the return of the remains are so vital. The film's exploration of the beliefs of the Indigenious people is an important part of the film and it breaks down centuries of misunderstanding about what they hold sacred.
I liked this film a great deal.
Recommended.
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