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True Whispers: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers
(2002, 90 min.) US
Director: Valerie Red-Horse (Cherokee-Sioux)
Producer: Yvonne Russo (Sicangu Lakota) and Gale Anne Hurd
Executive Producer: Dawn Jackson (Ojibwe)
A documentary about the World War II Navajo Code Talkers, who
devised an unbreakable code in their native language and transmitted
vital messages in the midst of combat in the Pacific. Because
the code remained top secret until 1967, their achievements went
largely unrecognized.
Image credit: Valerie
Red-Horse - courtesy of the filmmaker
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