Rising Voices
57 Min | Documentary Feature | Lawrence Hott & Diane Garey
- SYNOPSIS
Rising Voices is the story about the imminent peril to the Lakota language. It braids together the struggles of Lakota to learn their tribal language today, the historical attempt by the United States to annihilate the language, the rise of immersion language schools, and the participation of outsiders in the rescue of the Lakota language. History is interwoven with present-day short films about the culture, created by Lakota filmmakers and artists.
Release: October 31, 2015
Expiration: October 31, 2023
Distributor: APT
NOLA: VOHO 000
Rights: Renewed – Unlimited releases over four (4) years beginning 10/31/2019;
SCH/1YR (for K‐12); and non‐commercial cable rights. Unlimited releases over four (4) years beginning 11/01/2015
Lawrence Hott
Producer/Director
LAWRENCE R. HOTT has been producing documentary films since 1978, when he left the practice of law to join Florentine Films. His awards include an Emmy, two Academy Award nominations, and a George Foster Peabody Award, among others. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Director’s Guild of America. He
has produced two dozen major documentaries for PBS broadcast.
Diane Garey
Producer/ Editor
DIANE GAREY shares ownership of Florentine Films/Hott Productions with her husband Larry Hott.
Besides having received an Emmy, a Peabody, and an Academy Award nomination
among numerous other honors, Diane Garey is a registered nurse. Her 1988 film,
Sentimental Women Need Not Apply: A History
