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title: "What to Watch - Kinaalda: Navajo Rite of Passage"
slug: what-to-watch-kinaalda-navajo-rite-of-passage
date: 2017-03-24
author: "Guest User"
original_url: https://www.lutheranindianministries.org/news-notes/what-to-watch-kinaalda-navajo-rite-of-passage
section: news-notes
images: ["images/2e6e7e17-ScreenShot1482.jpg", "images/630c841c-image-asset.jpeg"]
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# What to Watch - Kinaalda: Navajo Rite of Passage

Mar 24

Written By [Guest User](/news-notes?author=6839f4dcc52c4707a9ee7c66)

As part of Vision Maker Media's "40 years, 40 films, 40 weeks" program, one archived PBS film will be re-released each week.

Watch them while they are available!

This week's featured film is: [Kinaalda: Navajo Rite of Passage](http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_508-db7vm43j94)

[![](images/630c841c-image-asset.jpeg)](http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_508-db7vm43j94)

A Navajo filmmaker turns the camera on herself and her family as she documents the kinaalda, or coming of age ceremony, of her niece. Telling her own personal story, the filmmaker provides a rare insider's look at Navajo culture and the complexities of growing up Navajo in contemporary times.

[what to watch](/news-notes/tag/what+to+watch)

[Guest User](/news-notes?author=6839f4dcc52c4707a9ee7c66)