Rocks with Wings (2001 TV Movie)

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Last updated: December 31, 2019


Documentary about a female high school basketball team in Shiprock; addresses economic, social, and racial issues in New Mexico. Won the Documentary Prize at the Urbanworld Film Festival. Shot in Shiprock and in Albuquerque at Tingley Stadium. Directed by Rick Derby.


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Shiprock as seen from various angles

Shiprock High School

etc.

Hopewell CMS Church (Texarkana, Texas)

NW State in Louisiana

Louisiana Tech in Rustin

Various views - Highway 550 Curve, White Mesa, Big Chief Sign, Various Highway Signs: ABQ 15, Los Lunas 34, Belen 47; ABQ 14, Belen 46 (sign looks like it might have been replaced); ABQ next 14 Exits; Cuba 63, Aztec 161, Farmington 166 (got it).

View of Mesa

Collapsed Stone House (35.827034°, -106.967646°)

Views of Mesa

Descansos

View of Shiprock with bridge

Thriftway Food Store near Shiprock

Shiprock High School

Welcome to NM Sign/Boundary to Navajo reservation Sign

Navajo Weavers

Heading downhill - unclear

View of mesa

Second view (35.575202°, -106.868590°)

Graveyard with Shiprock

Shiprock High School

Kirtland, NM, are the rivals

Central High School in Kirtland

etc.

Cibola High School in ABQ

Tingley Coliseum

Parked vehicle window: Near Louisiana Blvd. & Marble Ave. NE (35.089145°, -106.568200°)

View of Shiprock southern hogback

Thriftway again