OUR LATEST FILM "DAKOTA 38"
In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller awoke from a dream in which 38 of his Dakota ancestors were hanged. At the time, Jim knew nothing of the largest mass execution in United States history ordered by Abraham Lincoln on December 26, 1862. "When you have dreams, you know when they come from the creator. As any recovered alcoholic, I made believe that I didn't get it. I tried to put it out of my mind, yet it's one of those dreams that bothers you night and day."
Four years later, Jim and a group of riders decide to retrace the 330-mile route of his dream on horseback across the great plains to arrive at the hanging site in Mankato, Minnesota on the anniversary of the execution. This is the story of their journey- the blizzards they endure, the communities that house and feed them along the way, and the dark history they are beginning to wipe away.
"DAKOTA 38" is Smooth Feather Production's first feature length documentary film and is expected to be available by spring of 2012.