Powwow Highway
1989·United Kingdom·88 min.
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Social realism regarding struggles of reservation-dwelling Native Americans in the North Central states of the US. Main character is an introspective and lovable person in a process of seeking pride and identity through tradtional and mystical means of gathering power. His high school friend, who is a Vietnam War Veteran, is exerting power as a highly principled social activist, using a modern rational materialist adversarial model of progress.
DirectorJonathan Wacks
MusicBarry Goldberg
CinematographyToyomichi Kurita
CastA Martinez·Gary Farmer·Joannelle Nadine Romero·Amanda Wyss·Sam Vlahos·Wayne Waterman·Margot Kane·Wes Studi·Tony Frank·Maria Antoinette Rogers·Dalin Gomez
Original titlePowwow Highway