San Francisco, CA, USA
$900 - $1200 / Day
Request QuoteBorn and raised in France, Alexis Orand is an independent video-journalist and documentary filmmaker based in San Francisco. For the last 20 years he has built up an extensive portfolio working with some of France’s major television channels, international production companies and prestigious global brands. While in the US, Alexis has travelled extensively across the country shooting a variety of projects from documentaries and small films to corporate videos and hard news coverage. He has a unique approach to finding and capturing challenging stories. His genuine interest and empathy with the lives of those he films give his work an intimate and multifaceted perspective.
In the heart of the American West, two Indigenous relay racing teams—one female from the Colville Reservation in Washington State, the other male from the Blackfeet Nation in Montana—embark on an intense journey of tradition, resilience, and competition. This documentary follows them through their daily lives on the reservation, their rigorous training, and the high-stakes world of Indian relay racing.
In the American West, the climate emergency is already palpable. Native American communities are at the forefront of the fight: in response to the failure of the Western model to manage natural resources, the first inhabitants are reclaiming their lands and traditional practices. With them, America is discovering a new vision of the relationship between humans and nature. Let’s embark on a road movie to meet those leading this tribal and ecological reconquest—a new conquest of the West!
Steinbeck grew up in the fertile Salinas Valley. Steinbeck's California fiction envisions the dreams and the defeats of common people as shaped by the magnificent land they inhabit.
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