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Native American Films Skins: http://www.sundance.org/filmguide/cgi-bin/search.plx?FT,Skins When a filmmaker's directorial debut is as noteworthy and successful as Chris Eyre's 1998 award-winning Smoke Signals, it raises a high level of expectation for his next project as well as some trepidation. The sophomore slump is as common to film careers as other endeavors. So it's a great pleasure to declare that Eyre avoids the usual pitfalls with Skins, a moving, often humorous, and finely accomplished story of two brothers living on the isolated Pine Ridge Reservation. One hundred years after the massacre of 300 mostly women and children at Wounded Knee by the Seventh Cavalry, an act of "heroism" that merited Congressional Medals of Honor, Rudy Yellowshirt is an investigator with the police department and witnesses firsthand the painful legacy of Indian existence. Although rampant unemployment, alcoholism, and domestic violence are the norm for many "rez" inhabitants, Rudy has largely escaped this cycle of despair. His brother Mogie, however, has not. Now faced with the discovery of a bloodied body, a flaming liquor store just off native land that sells millions of cans of beer a year to the native population, and his brother's ongoing self-destruction, Rudy goes on a quest to avenge himself, his family, and his culture and to seek justice. Eyre doesn't simplify life to make points, and this beautifully rendered adaptation is full of truth and drama, pain and activism, along with details of native life, spirit, and myth. Fueled by powerful performances and superb production values, Skins is bold, honest, and admirable. Native American in Manhattan (Short): http://www.sundance.org/filmguide/cgi-bin/search.plx?FT,manha ttan Native American in Manhattan U.S.A., 2001 7 Minutes, B/W Directed by: Steve Bilich A Native American Shaman urgently points to one of the most horrific events of our times. This film is shot with a 1920 hand-crank Cine-Kodak camera in real time. The Business Of Fancydancing: http://www.sundance.org/filmguide/cgi-bin/search.plx?AL,alexie Seymour Polatkin lives a dream life sharing his colonized Indian ironies with the world through poetry. He's rich, famous, gay, and Indian, facets that make such a diamond sparkle, unless you haven't been home in almost 10 years. Renowned author Sherman Alexie taps into the Indian psyche in his directorial debut. This rich and textured narrative from the northwestern United States is a story of conflict about what it means to be an Indian in a modern world. Does it lie in maintaining the status quo of imposed structures that have become tradition, or in breaking free of the predetermined despair that has become a marker of indigenous identity in America? Beautifully poetic in its portrayal of Indians dancing, laughing, crying, and existing, The Business of Fancydancing is an exploration into an ongoing internal debate of souls. A wonderful cast led by Evan Adams and Michelle St. John takes the viewers from different places in history to a home some have loved, others have hated, and where many have never been. Converging for the funeral of a childhood friend brings flashbacks of life and love and the answer to poignant questions that some Indians are dying to fathom, such as, "What's it like when you talk and white people listen?" Perhaps it's Alexie's personal experiences that bring an element of truth to this portrayal of Native peoples. In the end, The Business of Fancydancing gives voice to the diversity of indigenous experiences in America and echoes Seymour Polatkin's harrowing words: "This is what Columbus truly discovered: in the absence of enemies, we destroy our beloved." -N. Bird Runningwater -- Andr� Cramblit, Operations Director-Northern California Indian Development Council NCIDC (http://www.ncidc.org) is a non-profit that meets the development needs of American Indians and operates an art gallery featuring the art of California tribes (http://www.americanindianonline.com) ============================================================ Join Dialfreecalls.com TODAY and make all your phone calls worldwide for FREE!! No Fees of any kind! Call from Any Phone! No purchases and No credit cards required. Join Now. It's Simple, Easy, and Best of All, it's FREE! http://click.topica.com/caaafq7b1ddNBb2HgmNf/Dialfreecalls.com ============================================================ Visit and show your support for the Grass Roots Oyate http://members.tripod.com/GrassRootsOyate Clemency for Leonard Peltier. Sign the Petition. http://petitiononline.com/Release/petition.html ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?b1ddNB.b2HgmN Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
