LUMBEELAND is an award-winning, independent drama by esteemed Lumbee filmmaker and historian Malinda Maynor Lowery. The film is set in the Lumbee homelands and explores the intergenerational impact of the drug economy in southeastern NC.

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Logline: A single father and quick-tempered dealer must get out from under his kingpin grandpa before his Lumbee family falls apart. Yes, this is a film about the very real systemic drug trade in Robeson County. Yes, it has harmed us. Why did we
Let’s normalize finding a way to talk about the uncomfortable truths in our communities. 🗣️ The drug trade in the Lumbee community is a harmful and dysfunctional method to control an economy. It’s undermined by the SYSTEM at large. If