Metal Road
Documentary Short | Sarah Del Seronde
- SYNOPSIS
For decades, thousands of Navajos worked the railroads, maintaining the trans-continental network. Metal Road explores the dynamics of livelihood, family, and the railroads through the lens of a Navajo trackman.
27 minutes
Release: August 26, 2017
Expiration: August 26, 2021
Distributor: NETA
NOLA: MTRD 00H1
Rights: Unlimited releases over 4 years beginning 8/26/2017;
SCH/1 year; Streaming via COVE beginning 9/4/2017; and non-commercial cable rights granted.
Sarah Del Seronde
Director/Producer
Sarah Del Seronde is from the Bennett Freeze lands of the Diné Nation, an undeveloped area of land banned from all repairs and development because of ownership disputes with the Hopi Tribe. She obtained an MA in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona and founded Aboriginal Lens LTD. Metal Road is her second film— her directorial debut was Making the River, a biographical tale of an American Indian charged with the murder of a prison guard that took her inside the Washington State Penitentiary.
Sarah Del Seronde
Director/Producer
Sarah Del Seronde is from the Bennett Freeze lands of the Diné Nation, an undeveloped area of land banned from all repairs and development because of ownership disputes with the Hopi Tribe. She obtained an MA in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona and founded Aboriginal Lens LTD. Metal Road is her second film— her directorial debut was Making the River, a biographical tale of an American Indian charged with the murder of a prison guard that took her inside the Washington State Penitentiary.
Leighton C. Peterson
Writer/Producer
Leighton C. Peterson is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Miami University, an established scholarly writer, and TricksterFilms producer.
His production credits include the award-winning documentary films Columbus Day Legacy and Weaving Worlds (co-produced by the Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with Vision Maker Media (NAPT)), and he was executive producer and voice-over talent for Bennie Klain’s award-winning short Yada Yada (Sundance), which premiered on the groundbreaking PBS series ColorVision.
His production credits include the award-winning documentary films Columbus Day Legacy and Weaving Worlds (co-produced by the Independent Television Service (ITVS) in association with Vision Maker Media (NAPT)), and he was executive producer and voice-over talent for Bennie Klain’s award-winning short Yada Yada (Sundance), which premiered on the groundbreaking PBS series ColorVision.
