The film chronicles the peaceful resistance led by Native Americans at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota, a global phenomenon in 2016. Thousands of activists from around the world joined the "water protectors" in opposing the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which would transport fracked oil underneath the Missouri River, threatening the sole water source for the Standing Rock reservation and 17 million Americans downstream.
Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota peacefully protests the U.S. government's plan to build an oil pipeline through their land, earning international recognition for their cause.
