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‘The State of Texas vs. Melissa’ Director Returns to Tribeca With ‘Missing From Fire Trail Road,’ Probing Crimes Against Indigenous Women
'The State of Texas vs. Melissa' helmer returns to Tribeca Festival with 'Missing From Fire Trail Road' shedding light crimes against Indigenous Women.
It’s all the more shocking because, according to the federally funded National Criminal Justice Training Center, the rate of Indigenous women being murdered in the United States is ten times higher than any other ethnicity. When writer/director Sabrina Van Tassel saw just how underrepresented these victims were in the media and how ignored most were by the justice system, she created the documentary “ Missing from Fire Trail Road,” which just had its world premiere at NBC’s Tribeca Festival. “Road” also presents some jaw-dropping facts: until recently, Bureau of Indian Affairs police had no jurisdiction to arrest non-Native Americans, even those who lived on reservations, and investigations are still passed along to different federal authorities with little success.
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