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 Black
Cloud
(2004, 97 min.) US
Director and writer: Rick Schroder
Executive producer: Adam Batz
Actors: Eddie Spears (Lakota), Saginaw Grant (Sac and Fox), Russell
Means (Lakota), Rick Schroder, Tim McGraw, Wayne Knight, and Peter
Greene
Set on the Navajo Reservation, Black Cloud tells the story
of a young Navajo man who must face down his inner demons if he
wants to make the U.S. Olympic boxing team. The film was inspired
by the real-life accomplishments of the Damon Bahe Boxing Club
of Chinle, Arizona - an after-school program for local youths
at risk-which has 27 national champions to its credit.
Awards
Funded by tribes in California, Minnesota and Oklahoma, Black
Cloud has won several awards, including the Best Picture Audience
Award at the 2004 Phoenix Film Festival.
Image credits: Rick Schroder
- photograph by Kyle Kendrew; Black Cloud - photograph
by Kyle Kendrew
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