Pow Wow Highway
by Jonathan Wacks
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Actor: A Martinez, Amanda Wyss, Gary Farmer, Joannelle Nadine Romero, Sam VlahosDirector: Jonathan Wacks
Brand: STARZ/SPHE
Producer: Carl Kraines
Producer: Denis O'Brien
Producer: George Harrison
Producer: Jan Wieringa
Writer: David Seals
Writer: Janet Heaney
Writer: Jean Stawarz
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 88 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-11-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of Pow Wow Highway
Movie Review: Welcome to the third world
Summary: 5 Stars
"Powwow Highway" is a tale of Native American life today, which is very third world. The film is told via the contrasting stories of two Cheyenne men from Lame Deer, Montana.
Philbert Bono (Gary Farmer) is a big, gentle soul who trades his homegrown weed for a `war pony', a beat up old rustbucket of a car, to go out on a traditional vision quest. He's going to achieve his medicine by gaining three tokens on the way.
The first thing he gains is a passenger, his high school best friend, Buddy RedBow (A. Martinez). Buddy's been claiming his Native American heritage in a more traditional way. A member of AIM (The American Indian Movement) he's been at Wounded Knee and has earned a Purple Heart in Vietnam.
Buddy had no plans to leave the rez. There's a critical vote coming up on some land issues and he needs to be there to get his tribal members out to the polls, but his sister Bonnie RedBow ( Joannelle Nadine Romero) got arrested in New Mexico on a trumped up drug charge and he's the only one who can get her out of jail and back to her two very young kids.
The story's very much an `odd couple' pairing between the two men who take radically different approaches to solving problems. RedBow is much more confrontational while the gentle Bono seeks ancient wisdom.
"Powwow Highway" takes viewers across the gambit of emotions. You cannot look upon the third world vistas of Native poverty without being moved to tears. But, there are light moments where Philbert is telling ancient stories to his friends.
The soundtrack of this film is also excellent. Robbie Robertson provides much of the music, which is well worth listening to.
My only wish would be to see some bios of the cast of this film. A. Martinez, Gary Farmer, and the others are all people who I'd like to learn more about.
Rebecca Kyle, June 2008
Summary of Pow Wow Highway
For the Northern Cheyenne tribe of Lame Deer, Montana, the American Dream has taken a grim detour. Here, Buddy Red Bow (A Martinez) is a committed activist battling a suspicious land-grab. Philbert Bono (Gary Farmer, in a performance Roger Ebert calls "one of the most wholly convincing I?ve seen") is a serene spiritual warrior guided by sacred visions. But when Buddy?s estranged sister 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. Jonathan Wacks (Producer of REPO MAN) directs and Graham Greene (DANCES WITH WOLVES), Wes Studi (THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, HEAT) and Amanda Wyss star in this acclaimed comedy/drama about Native Americans understanding the past, fighting for their future and discovering a few surprising truths along the POWWOW HIGHWAY.Similar DVD Movies
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