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Ghost Canyon

'Frontline: Predator on the Reservation'
(Raney Aronson-Rath / DVD / R / 2019 / PBS)

Overview: * Content Warning: Tonight's Program contains mature content which may not be suitable for all audiences *

In 'Predator on the Reservation', FRONTLINE and The Wall Street Journal collaborate for the first time to investigate the decades-long failure to stop Dr. Stanley Weber, a government pediatrician, who moved from reservation to reservation despite warnings about his behavior.

DVD Verdict: Drawing on interviews with hospital administrators and staff, tribal police officers, victims and their families, interrogation recordings and top Indian Health Service (IHS) officials, 'Frontline: Predator on the Reservation' explores how Weber was able to see patients for years despite warnings to IHS officials and hospital staff on the Blackfeet reservation and the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.

As we progress through this hard hitting, hard to swallow at time new hour long PBS documentary, we quickly learn that the federal government's Indian Health Service failed to protect Native American boys from Stanley Patrick Weber's sexual abuse; despite numerous reports, questions and bystander observations throughout.

The film not only uncovers Weber's story, but it reveals that doctors and other people on both reservations who worked with Weber were concerned about his behavior with young boys for years and accounts of other problematic doctors within the agency.

The trial of Weber begins back in 2017 when he first arrived for a court hearing in Rapid City, SD. What we see unfold is sickening to hear, but worse yet is how he got away with it for so long.

Not to give anything away, but you should know going in (for your own peace of mind, if nothing else) that as of February 2019, federal prosecutors have charged Weber with the abuse of four boys on Pine Ridge and two on the Blackfeet reservation in Montana.

A U.S. District judge sentenced Weber on January 17th to more than 18 years in prison on his convictions of molesting Native American boys. Furthermore, that very same U.S. District Judge Brian Morris also fined 70-year-old Stanley Patrick Weber $200,000 when he handed down the sentence.

In truth, no one really knows how many victims of Weber's abuse are still out there, or how many other people in the IHS could have stopped it, but this new documentary goes a long way to opening everyone's eyes - in case there should ever be a next time. This is a Widescreen Presentation (1.85:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

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