fretless films

Award-winning filmmaker John Whitehead's production company

First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language

A language is lost every fourteen days. One of those endangered tongues is Minnesota’s own Ojibwe language. Now a new generation of Ojibwe scholars and educators are racing against time to save the language.

  • John Whitehead: Writer, Producer, Director, Editor

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Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian

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Transplant: A Gift For Life

First Speakers: Restoring the Ojibwe Language

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St. Olaf Choir: The First 100 Years

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Make ’Em Dance: The Hackerberry Ramblers’ Story

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Death of a Dream: Farmhouse in the Heartland

Wannabe: Life and Death in a Small Town Gang