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2023 Sarasota Film Festival

The Camp Poplar Cannon

2023โ€ข United Statesโ€ข English

About this film

A young Sioux woman from the Fort Peck Reservation in far northeastern Montana, a local history enthusiast, and an antiques weapons expert, work together to restore a Civil War era cannon and build a small museum exhibit to tell the story of the Battle of Camp Poplar River, a little known battle between the US Army and the last of the "Non-Treaty Sioux" on January 2nd, 1881.

Credits

Director
Karl Edgar Swingle
Producer
Karl Edgar Swingle, Allison Whitmer
Short
The Camp Poplar Cannon
The Camp Poplar Cannon โ€” production still