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"Four Sheets to the Wind"

"Four Sheets to the Wind"Four Sheets to the Wind
(2006, 91 min.) US
Director: Sterlin Harjo (Seminole/Creek)
Producer: Chad Burris (Chickasaw)

When Cufe Smallhill (Cody Lightning) finds his father dead beside a bottle of pills, he fulfills his promise to sink the body in the family pond. The action begins, leading Cufe to the big city of Tulsa with his sister Miri (Tamara Podemski).

Four Sheets to the Wind had its World Premiere at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival where Tamara Podemski (Saulteaux) won the Special Jury Award for Acting. Director Sterlin Harjo is a Sundance Institute Annenberg Fellow and a 2006 Renew Media Fellow. Producer Chad Burris has been a selected to participate in Sundance Institute's Producers Lab.

Image credit: Four Sheets to the Wind - Chuck Foxen; Four Sheets to the Wind - Chuck Foxen

Chad Burris

Sterlin Harjo

Tamara Podemski

2007 Native Cinema Showcase

2007 At the Movies, NYC

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