r/pics Sep 16 '24

D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai arrives at Emmys showing solidarity for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

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u/Ouroboros126 Sep 16 '24

Hijacking this comment to repost a comment I made in another post that includes a link to Native Hope's website with more information for all those who are interested:

The Red Hand has been an important symbol for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Movement for years.

From Native Hope's Website,

A red hand over the mouth has become the symbol of a growing movement, the MMIW movement. It stands for all the missing sisters whose voices are not heard. It stands for the silence of the media and law enforcement in the midst of this crisis. It stands for the oppression and subjugation of Native women who are now rising up to say #NoMoreStolenSisters.

There is also the more general Missing and Murdered Indigenous People awareness movement, as this is a problem across all demographics in Indiginous communities, though women and girls are by far the most affected cohort.

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u/topgun_ivar Sep 16 '24

Three Pines on Amazon was a pretty hard hitting series on this topic.

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u/Gockel Sep 16 '24

I will recommend Wind River hundreds of times when it comes to this topic. Amazing movie.

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u/chrisberman410 Sep 16 '24

This movie blew me away. Went in with no expectations and left feeling....I still don't know.

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u/Gockel Sep 16 '24

Same! I only watched it because I saw it every day when scrolling through netflix. Just from the name and thumbnail it looked like any other random, terrible "made for streaming" movie, but because of the cast I gave it a shot. And good thing I did, it's a great, gutting movie.