Powwow Highway

Showings

Grand Illusion Cinema Sun, Nov 17 7:15 PM
Film Info
Release Year:1989
Genre:Drama
Comedy
Production Country:United Kingdom
USA
Original Language:English
Format:DCP
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Jonathan Wacks
Cast:A Martinez
Gary Farmer
Joanelle Romero
Amanda Wyss
Sam Vlahos
Screenwriter:Jean Stawarz
Janet Heaney

Description

Free screening for Native American Heritage Month!

Buddy Red Bow (A Martinez) is struggling, in the face of greedy developers, to keep his nation on a Montana Cheyenne Reservation financially solvent and independent. Philbert (Gary Farmer), his easygoing friend, pursues Native wisdom and lore wherever he can find it—even on “Bonanza.” As the two set off on a journey to bail out Buddy’s imprisoned sister, Philbert’s gentle faith challenges Buddy’s hard-edged view of the world, and together they face the realities and dreams of being Cheyenne in the modern-day U.S. Native American spirituality abounds in this bittersweet portrait of two Cheyenne men on a journey through the American West and their own identities.