Video description English & German below

English Subs: German term "Indianer" is translated into "Indian". For readability reasons, there are rarely quotation marks around terms like “Indian”.

English:

Documentary Roadtrip across Germany/Austria. Looking for Native Americans and Wannabe-Natives.Glimpses of their life. Historical aspects of the German-Native American Friendship are shown as well as the situation today. Germans love "noble savages", fictional characters like Karl May's "Winnetou". Decades after "Wild West Shows" they still believe in a native-American romantic reality. The documentary includes portraits of hobbyists, medicine-men, artists, activists ,drop-outs. They dance in self-made moccasins. They gather at Powwows. They do sweat lodges and "holy ceremonies". They try to find the spiritual Connection to mother earth. On weekends they meet in the nature and sleep in Tipis. Something they cannot do in their daily life. Its a nostalgia but also a craving for a "back to the roots" Lifestyle. "Drugstore Indians" - These are the hobbyists, the German weekend-Indians. People who identify with the ideal of the "noble savage" decades after Karl May died. The reality of native American life today is unknown or ignored. The "cult" is more important. The "cult" is the myth of the "noble savage" - always in perfect harmony with nature and his own nature. But why are they doing this?

German:

Drugstore Indians - Ein Film über das romantische Verhältnis der Deutschen zu den „amerikanischen Germanen“.

Im Film kommen Macher und Zuschauer, Deutsche und "Indianer" zu Wort. Beruht denn das Verehren auf Gegenseitigkeit? Und wie wird es gelebt? Die Reise führt durch ganz Deutschland bis nach Österreich zu Hobbyisten, Powwowtänzern, Powwows, Festivals, Schamanen, Heiler, Künstlern, Aussteigern, Aktivisten. Sie alle berichten von ihren Erfahrungen, von ihrer eigenen Faszination und der Suche nach der Antwort.


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