Watch the trailer for Dodging Bullets—Stories from Survivors of Historical Trauma. The new film that examines loss and resiliency from generations of oppression and

Watch the trailer for Dodging Bullets—Stories from Survivors of Historical Trauma. The new film that examines loss and resiliency from generations of oppression and trauma.

Native Americans have dodged bullets since first contact with Europeans. This film brings a cross-generational sampling of Indigenous people, researchers, and politicians to reveal stunning reasons for their disproportionately high incidences of health and social issues. This collection of remarkable stories, names Historical Trauma as the unique and insidious part of the generic code that resilient Native American populations are still finding ways to dodge.

Co-Director, Duluth, Red Lake Segments SARAH EDSTROM

Co-Director Browning Segment KATHY BROERE

Co-Director Tall Paul Segment / Motion Graphics JONATHAN THUNDER

Co-Director Boarding School, Treaty Rights & Mascot segments / DP / Editor BOB TRENCH

Composer KEITH SECOLA

Cinematography MATTHEW MYERS

Watch on AppleTV and Prime Video.

The EarthSayers podcast, which elevates voices of sustainability, recently featured filmmaker Trevor Tejeda-Gervais to discuss his documentary The True Cost of Burning Coal: Iowa’s Dirty

The EarthSayers podcast, which elevates voices of sustainability, recently featured filmmaker Trevor Tejeda-Gervais to discuss his documentary The True Cost of Burning Coal: Iowa’s Dirty Secret. The episode reveals how Iowa, celebrated as a wind-energy leader, still relies heavily on coal—and how that reality endangers communities and the environment. (September 2025)

Produced by Bob Trench, Interviewer is Paul Steinbroner,  Podcast for Sustainability Action Media, an EarthSayers project.

Podcast with producer Ian Kibbe talking about Greener Pastures, a compelling PBS documentary, that takes audiences inside the struggles, hopes, and resilience of America’s family farmers. In

Podcast with producer Ian Kibbe talking about Greener Pastures, a compelling PBS documentary, that takes audiences inside the struggles, hopes, and resilience of America’s family farmers. In this interview with producer Ian Kibbe, we highlight urgent challenges shaping agriculture today—through voices like Jeff Ditzenberger, veteran corn and soybean farmer and Rural Minds and TUGS founder, as well as Chris Petersen, a tireless sustainable agriculture farmer, advocate, and board member of the Organization of Competitive Markets. Produced by Bob Trench, Interviewer is Paul Steinbroner,  Podcast for Sustainability Action Media, an EarthSayers project.

Podcast with producer Ian Kibbe talking about Greener Pastures, a compelling PBS documentary, that takes audiences inside the struggles, hopes, and resilience of America’s family farmers. In

Podcast with producer Ian Kibbe talking about Greener Pastures, a compelling PBS documentary, that takes audiences inside the struggles, hopes, and resilience of America’s family farmers. In this interview with producer Ian Kibbe, we highlight urgent challenges shaping agriculture today—through voices like Jeff Ditzenberger, veteran corn and soybean farmer and Rural Minds and TUGS founder, as well as Chris Petersen, a tireless sustainable agriculture farmer, advocate, and board member of the Organization of Competitive Markets. Produced by Bob Trench, Interviewer is Paul Steinbroner,  Podcast for Sustainability Action Media, an EarthSayers project.