

Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
Writing
Title's devastating linguistic detail.
Production
Rare 1985 congressional testimony preserved.
Director
Victoria Mudd
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Won 1985 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature but remains virtually unavailable; streaming rights tangled in decades of bureaucratic neglect.
The 'relocation' euphemism deliberately echoed Japanese internment language—Mudd caught officials using identical bureaucratic templates.