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Desert Secrets

Mark Serao
United States, 2025, 54 min.

In English.
Includes violence.

When Jamie Yazzie suddenly disappears, her family members are caught entirely by surprise. Always smiling and a reliable Indian Health Services employee and supportive member of her close-knit family, Jamie Yazzie had been raising her 3 sons in a small community in northern Arizona. Days after her disappearance, law enforcement officers go to her boyfriend’s house where blood is found throughout the home. When no further action is taken by local authorities, her heartbroken relatives seek justice.

Director's Statement

True story of the MMIW/P crisis in the United States told through the story of one family's triumph after losing their beloved daughter, mother & sister.

Category: Documentary.
Themes: Abuse, Indigenous, Crime, Human Rights, Women.

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