Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Preview: 11/22/2022 | 3m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
See the story of the Indigenous singer-songwriter, social activist, educator and artist.
Experience the story of the Oscar-winning Indigenous artist from her rise to prominence in New York’s Greenwich Village folk music scene through her six-decade groundbreaking career as a singer-songwriter, social activist, educator and artist.
Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Koo...
Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
Preview: 11/22/2022 | 3m 10sVideo has Closed Captions
Experience the story of the Oscar-winning Indigenous artist from her rise to prominence in New York’s Greenwich Village folk music scene through her six-decade groundbreaking career as a singer-songwriter, social activist, educator and artist.
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Buffy Sainte-Marie brought Indigenous representation to TV
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Sainte-Marie insisted that Indigenous people play the Indigenous roles on "The Virginian." (1m 55s)
How Buffy Sainte-Marie won an Oscar for "Up Where We Belong"
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Buffy Sainte-Marie won an Oscar for her song "Up Where We Belong." (1m 39s)
The origins of Buffy Sainte-Marie's "Universal Soldier"
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"Who's responsible for war?" wonders Buffy Sainte-Marie in "Universal Soldier." (2m 9s)
When Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote the "first feminist anthem"
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"I always wanna be offering people stuff that they won't get somewhere else," says Buffy. (2m 17s)
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Support for American Masters is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, AARP, Rosalind P. Walter Foundation, Judith and Burton Resnick, Blanche and Hayward Cirker Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, Koo...