The producers of Sacajawea, The Windcatcher an international feature film project about the life of Sacajawea, are proud to welcome Jhane Myers award-winning producer and actor for the character of “Otter Woman." Jhane (Comanche/ Blackfeet) has garnered awards as a filmmaker, producer, actor, Native adviser and an artist of traditional jewelry and regalia. She was …
Leo T. Ariwite, Sacajawea Descendant, Joins the Sacajawea Film as Associate Producer
Captain William Clark wrote this to Sacajawea’s husband, Toussaint Charbonneau, in 1806:“[Y]our woman who accompanied you that long dangerous and fatigueing rout to the Pacific Ocian and back diserved a greater reward for her attention and services on that rout than we had in our power to give her...” People of America, we have in …
The Eagle’s Tree
A great vision is needed and the one who has it must follow it as the eagle seeks the deepest blue of the sky. ~Ta Shunke Witko In an eagle there is all the wisdom of the world. ~Lame Deer I am in awe and wonder at Indigenous wisdom and I am so very grateful... …
York and Sacajawea
Sacajawea, The Windcatcher, gives us a look at injustice in the early 1800s. Though we have come a distance with racial and gender issues in our country, we have a greater distance to travel. Our storyline presents an awareness we all need to embrace as free human beings.While this film is Sacajawea’s story, there is another character whose life experience, and …
Senior Producer, Martin Nuza, joins Sacajawea, The Windcatcher!
Sacajawea The Movie, LLC, and the production team, are proud to welcome Mr. Martin Nuza as Senior Producer, for the production of Sacajawea, The Windcatcher. Mr. Martin Nuza, Senior Producer Martin brings a powerful leadership background to this epic project, having worked in the film industry since 2005. He is an International, award-winning screenwriter, producer …
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Choices have Power
Through this time of hardship, we just have to trust that Light is at work. The choices we make NOW will affect everything that is to come. Yes, we have that much power. Please read our newest Warrior Woman blog, Our Choices Affect All. Sacajawea's life gives us a "Story from the Ages." “As we …
Power in Diversity
Scene Description from Sacajawea, The Windcatcher: As the story of Sacajawea unfolds across this harrowing trek, we get to know the characters. Their spirits and energies move together with surprising unity, despite the circumstances. They are an uncommon and diverse group considering it is 1805, when African Americans and Native Americans are treated as slaves and …
Awakening from “Lewis & Clark”
“Your woman who accompanied you [on] that long, dangerous and fatiguing route to the Pacific Ocean and back deserved a greater reward for her attention and services on that route than we had in our power to give her.” ~ Captain William Clark At a time when Indigenous women were not respected by many …
We learn from her journey
So much in our “every day” is already defined for us, how we should or shouldn’t dress, what music we should or shouldn’t listen to, how we should or shouldn’t feel, what we should or shouldn’t believe… It was no different in Sacajawea’s time. There were people coming from other lands who had their own …
Giving Credit to a Great Team!
Broken Hand Productions is honored to be producing the teaser reel for the epic feature film, Sacajawea, The Windcatcher. This teaser, "The Shell," would not have happened without the commitment from a visionary investor and the film's production team. These people have a passion for Sacajawea and for giving life to her story! Blaine C. …
Sacajawea The Movie 