‘Jazzy’: Coming of Age on a Reservation

The friendship of two preteens shapes their life on an Oglala Lakota reservation.
‘Jazzy’: Coming of Age on a Reservation
Jazzy (Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux) grows up in an Oglala Lakota reservation, in "Jazzy." Vertical
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NR | 1h 26m | Drama | 2025

Jasmine, known as “Jazzy” (Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux), lives in a trailer park, while her extended family still resides on their Oglala Lakota reservation. Yet she never thinks of herself as poor. All her schoolmates lead similar lives under roughly equivalent conditions. Even the rural white students must ride the same bus for hours just to get to and from school.

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