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Film - The Trail of Tears Cherokee Legacy

Postby Trail of Tears, the Film » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:06 pm

The Trail of Tears Cherokee Legacy - an award winner
December 1006
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096414246

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Rich-Heape Films Releases Documentary on ‘The Trail of Tears’
http://www.richheape.com/the-trail-of-tears.htm

Film Chronicles Forced Removal of Cherokee's to Oklahoma

For Immediate Release

Dallas, Feb. 24, 2006--The Trail of Tears: Cherokee legacy, a two hour, Hi Definition feature-length documentary, of the forced removal of the Cherokee from the southeast to Oklahoma in the 1838, will be released March 1, 2006.

Dallas-based Rich-Heape Films, Inc., chronicles events leading up to the removal and the Cherokee's brutal, 18-month journey west, in which nearly a quarter of the tribal citizens making the trek died from hunger, exposure, disease and utter exhaustion.

The Trail of Tears, often referred as "America's darkest hour," narrated by actor James Earl Jones and features on-camera appearances by actor Wes Studi and the voices of James Garner, Crystal Gayle, John Buttrum and Governor Douglas Wilder.

Produced by Cherokee Citizen Steven R. Heape, and directed by Chip Richie, this film is

endorsed by the Cherokee Nation, headquartered in Tahlequah, Ok., and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located in Cherokee, North Carolina.

The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy, is available on DVD for $34.95. To view film clips or order the DVD online, visit Rich-Heape Films Web site at: http://www.richheape.com. Or order by calling toll free at 888-600-2922.

Rich-Heape Films has produced several award-winning Native American documentaries, including Black Indians: An American Story, which explores the issue of racial identity among Native-African Americans.

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Contact: Steven R. Heape
214.696.6916
richheape@aol.com
www.richheape.com
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