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Smoke Signals
(1998, 104 min.)
Director: Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapaho)
Actors: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal,
John Trudell and Irene Bedard
 This
acclaimed independent film is about a young Native man who embarks
on a life-changing journey with his childhood friend to retrieve
the body of his estranged father. Smoke Signals marked
the directorial debut of Chris Eyre and is considered to be the
first major feature film to be written, directed, and coproduced
by American Indians. The screenplay by Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur
d'Alene) is based on his short story collection The Lone Ranger
and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. The film had its New York premiere
at NMAI in 1998.
Awards
Smoke Signals won the Audience Award and the Filmmaker's
Trophy at the Sundance
Film Festival in 1998.
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Image credits:
Smoke Signals - Courtesy Jill Sabela
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