Jazzy is a portrait of Jasmine Bearkiller Shangreaux, a young Oglala Lakota girl growing up in Spearfish, South Dakota, from the ages of six to twelve. When Jazzy finds out her best friend Syriah is moving, she is confronted with the pains of growing up and the realities of the adult world. The film explores the lives and ever-changing relationships of their peer group as they leave the dreamlike world of childhood behind.
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00:00How much friends do you have at school?
00:03Three.
00:04Eight.
00:05Nine.
00:06I have nine friends.
00:07Nice.
00:08Happy birthday Jazzy.
00:09Thanks.
00:10What?
00:11What?
00:12What?
00:13What?
00:14What's your favorite animal?
00:15Dog.
00:16I'm so pretty.
00:17Oh.
00:18Oh.
00:19Oh.
00:20Oh.
00:21Oh.
00:22Oh.
00:23Oh.
00:24Oh.
00:25Oh.
00:26Oh.
00:27Oh.
00:28Oh.
00:29Oh.
00:30Oh.
00:31Oh.
00:32Oh.
00:33Oh.
00:34Oh.
00:35Oh.
00:36Oh.
00:37Oh.
00:38Oh.
00:39Oh.
00:40Oh.
00:41Oh.
00:42Oh.
00:43Oh.
00:44Oh.
00:45I love you Jazzy.
00:46Oh, hey.
00:47That was a very smart.
00:48When are you saying high school child?
00:50Growing up sounds ugly.
00:51Do you want to be my girl friend?
00:52Soraya.
00:53You're still my best friend.
00:54I love boys.
00:55I hate boy.
00:59Sariah!
00:59I like this one.
01:00Hello?
01:01Stop.
01:02What the heck, Sariah?
01:03I didn't do anything.
01:09I will keep fighting for your friend.
01:17I love you.
01:25Makes my heart happy to see our young people
01:28witness this long tradition.
01:33One, two, three, five, six,
01:38nine, ten, eleven, eighteen, nineteen, twenty!
01:48Being a kid is the best.
01:52I would love to stay a kid forever.