Finding Tatanka
"A deeply personal family tale, Finding Tatanka illustrates the struggle of the 60s generation to keep their beliefs alive, and to search for meaning and spiritual fulfillment beyond revolutionary ideals. The film keenly captures themes both intimate and universal."
– Indiewire
"A compelling study of a fascinating figure. Bricca's film is simultaneously an intellectual and emotional investigation of a unique American family."
– Michael Gottwald, Producer of Beasts of the Southern Wild
"We were equal parts blown away, heartbroken and riveted. Tatanka is enigmatic and heroic, mystifying and naïve. His journey made us laugh at him, embrace him, hold him in high esteem as an example of an independent spirit who deeply cares about the planet and the rights of the less fortunate, a man to admire and follow."
— Tamar Halpern, Filmmaker
– Indiewire
"A compelling study of a fascinating figure. Bricca's film is simultaneously an intellectual and emotional investigation of a unique American family."
– Michael Gottwald, Producer of Beasts of the Southern Wild
"We were equal parts blown away, heartbroken and riveted. Tatanka is enigmatic and heroic, mystifying and naïve. His journey made us laugh at him, embrace him, hold him in high esteem as an example of an independent spirit who deeply cares about the planet and the rights of the less fortunate, a man to admire and follow."
— Tamar Halpern, Filmmaker
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Directed by Jacob Bricca
Runtime: 83 minutes Rating: NR Language: English Pre-book: 8/4/15 Street: 9/1/15 UPC: 013964695328 DVDCat#: PRDVD2929 SRP: $49.95 GENRES: Documentary, Psychology, Sociology
SYNOPSIS: Kit Bricca was a leader of the Bay Area protest movements of the 1960s and 70s with a fierce passion for social justice, but found the transition from activist to breadwinner a challenging one. In this moving, psychologically complex documentary, filmmaker Jacob Bricca follows the extraordinary journey of his father Kit, a man whose uncompromising idealism changed the world but tore his family apart. Kit organizes with Joan Baez and Cesar Chavez in the sixties, helps start Amnesty International USA in the seventies, then transforms himself into a high flying commodities broker in the eighties and a shamanic healer named Tatanka in the nineties. As the financial crisis of 2008 hits and Kit's finances fall into disarray, Jacob begins his search for answers by following his father on a series of quixotic adventures. Both epic and intimate, Tatanka features never before seen footage from a lost era and tells a sweeping story about the fate of American idealism, the cost of dreams, and the meaning of family. |
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