Voices of the Grandmothers
[Documentary Film] 1:48:54
Voices of the Grandmothers is a profoundly moving documentary that honours the wisdom, resilience, and sacred teachings of Indigenous elder women from around the world. Through intimate storytelling, ceremonial imagery, and heartfelt dialogue, the film reveals a timeless beauty rooted in connection to the Earth, spirit, and ancestral knowledge.
Its greatest gift is the transmission of ancient truths—messages of harmony, compassion, and sustainability—that transcend borders and speak to the soul of humanity. It invites all beings to listen deeply, to remember, and to walk more gently on the Earth.
For future generations, the film is a luminous guide: a call to respect elders, preserve cultural traditions, and live in balance with nature. It inspires hope and action, reminding us that the wisdom of the past is vital for shaping a more conscious and compassionate future.
(Inpiring extracts from video transcript below)
Grandmother Pershhile (Perci)
Hopi /Tewa Elder
“In our way in the Hopi way the saying that without the mother the family is lost. So Motherhood Sisterhood Grandmahood is a very important role and like you mentioned before unfortunately we have become so involved with our own self that we don't consider that as sisters in the universe that we say we all serve and we are here for the same purpose and that's to bring life into the world.
Women are becoming very competitive in their own role and we're forgetting about the sacredness of womanhood. The creator gave women the ability to have babies and with that right to give birth comes extreme compassion, love. When you hold a baby in your arms there is no feeling you can describe what that feels like to know that you carried this baby with you. And that is the joy of motherhood and that we should celebrate that with all the sisters in the universe. I think that when we become too involved with trying to be better than say I want to be better that Grandmother Salas here then it disrupts that energy that important energy that I don't need to walk in front of you. It's like any relationship, I don't need to walk behind you I need to walk beside you and sometimes I need to pull you up and sometimes you need to pull me up. But we forget to do that with one another. In fact we're like ok you're on your own. You know you got yourself in that situation. Figure out how you're going to get yourself out. And that's not what we should be doing with one another. We should be lending a hand with them and saying Ok I understand that I'm woman too. You're woman. Let's walk together. And that I think is very important in how the universe is starting to develop because like I've mentioned before the prophecy from the Hopi people and universal prophecy is when the Grandmothers begin to speak then the world will begin to heal. And that's what we carry on our shoulders. Is that how do we heal the universe if we're having internal conflict?"
Madi Sato
Singer Songwriter
“There's a song I want to share for humanity for the waters that came through the source of a river that comes down into Santa Fe. And I go to this source many times because the source holds everything you need; the healing; the new information; the vision; and I go there and I share my visions with the source. And I love how the river which gives us all of the life we need begins in a source that many times is so inconspicuous and unannounced. That's where the power is. It's not in a cased in a huge temple and it's not got a big flashing sign that says this is where the richness of life really is. So at this source I'm sitting there and I get taken over by a song. A melody begins to move through me and it is as soft and as easy flowing as the winds right now around us and I'm in the presence of the source of the river and my heart is being moved. My blood is being moved and my voice begins to move up and down and I don't know what it is but I'm allowing it to move through me but I can begin to bring my awareness my loving heart in my embracing arms to hold this sacred song of the source of the rivers and I begin to recognize the pattern in the song and that's when I say oh that song is wanting to be sung now…”
Credits
Voices of the Grandmothers is a documentary film featuring the voices of world-renowned indigenous elders, along with a selection of supporters. Featured here are: Grandmother Flordemayo, Grandmother Pershile (Perci), Grandmother SaSa, Grandmother Moetu-Taiha, and Reverend Grandmother Eila Paul. They are joined by: Master Mingtong Gu, Angelique Boas, Madi Sato, Joanne Shenandoah, Leah Shenandoah, Matthew Reifslager, Angela Lynch, and Geri Littlejohn.
Special thanks to the following organizations: Gathering for Humanity, The Chi Center, The Path, The Shift Network, Unify, Global Sisterhood, The Crystal Earth Project, and Praising Earth. Special thanks to the following individuals: Nathan Crane, Heather Hall-Dudney, Kim Langbecker, Angela Corriz, Timothy McLaughlin, Grandmother Nakai Breen, and Unci Rita Long Visitor Holy Dance.
Soundtrack by: Geri Littlejohn. With additional Music by: Cabe Lindsay, Madi Sato, and Imani White. Written and narrated by: Kate Lindsay. Directed, filmed, and edited by: Cabe Lindsay.
A film by Arise (https://arisevideo.com).
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