Powwow Highway (1988)
3.6 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
Buddy and Filbert leave the Reservation to take a road trip across the badlands of the American Midwest to save Buddy's sister from unjust imprisonment. On the way, they encounter truth, love, magic, and healing. Not mentioned in other synopses, but this movie is FUNNY. The journey across Badlands backroads also traverses the emotional territories of comedy, tragedy, and existential mystery. 'Powwow Highway' is a Native American cult classic. 'For the Northern Cheyenne tribe of Lame Deer, Montana, the American Dream has taken a grim detour. Here, Buddy Redbow is a committed activist battling a suspicious land-grab. Philbert Bono is a serene spiritual warrior guided by sacred visions. But when Buddy's estranged sister, Bonny Redbow, is framed and jailed in New Mexico, the two men take Philbert's rust-wrecked '64 Buick 'war pony' on a road trip that makes some very unexpected stops along the way.' It's a realistic, sometimes surrealistic view of the times for not only the Northern Cheyenne, but for most tribes in America. From third world living conditions to ill treatment by authorities and the general public. Against this background is the story of two Cheyenne men on very different paths, one spiritual, one materialistic, who end up on a road to save one of their own from wrongful imprisonment. Along the way they come to a greater understanding of each other and themselves, to heal old wounds and renew faith in their past as well as their future. - Actors:
- Gary Farmer, A. Martinez, Joannelle Nadine Romero, Amanda Wyss, Sam Vlahos, Wayne Waterman, Margot Kane, Geoffrey Rivas, Roscoe Born, John Trudell, Wes Studi, Tony Frank, Chrissie McDonald, Sky Seals, Maria Antoinette Rogers
- Directors:
- Jonathan Wacks
- Producers:
- Jan Wieringa
- Writers:
- David Seals, Janet Heaney, Jean Stawarz
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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