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Skins
(2001, 84 min.) US
Director: Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapaho)
Writer: Jennifer D. Lyne. Based on a novel by Adrian C. Louis
(Paiute)
Producer: David Pomier
Starring: Graham Greene (Oneida) as Rudy Yellow Lodge, Eric Shweig
(Inuit and Chippewa) as Mogie Yellow Lodge and Gary Farmer (Cayuga)
as Verdell
Skins tells the story of the unconditional love between
two brothers who on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Returned from
Vietnam, they find themselves on different paths. Rudy gets a
college degree and a job, while Mogie turns to the alcoholism
that has devastated his family and his Lakota tribe for years.
Angry about the lack of change on the reservation, Rudy takes
matters into his own hands, going on a vigilante quest to save
his community. World Premiere at 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
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Image credit:
Graham Greene stars as Mogie Yellow Lodge in Chris Eyre's Skins,
a First Look Pictures' release.
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