Pow Wow Highway
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Movie Reviews of Pow Wow Highway
Movie Review: choosing sides, playing with stereotypes
Summary: 5 Stars
I very much enjoyed Smoke Signals, and this was next on my list. I love the humor, which is subtle. The movie mocks at our stereotypes, but also reminds us that some stereotypes are true.
I found that the physical road travelled in this movie is similar to the travels of the Cheyenne as they were herded northward. That made the movie even more special.
What was interesting to me was the way the "old ways", spirituality, campaigning for rights, and militant revolt all played roles in the movie. Each of us must always try to figure out ways to react to injustices done to us, and this movie offered several possibilities.
The plot could use some strengthening, but the movie was fun to watch, especially when one could fall into the director's point of view of the slightly mocking and yet truthful way of seeing the world from a contemporary Cheyenne viewpoint. I found it more humorous with each watching!
Movie Review: A. Martinez and Gary Farmer Indian road adventure.
Summary: 5 Stars
This review is for the VHS edition.
"Philbert" (Gary Farmer) is a care-free Indian man. He is looking for his "blessings". Nothing gets him down. He loves nature and horses, especially pow-wows. He is in search of a pony. That is why he is in a dumped car lot, to buy his "pony" car.
He urgently must get to Santa Fe, New Mexico to bail his sister out of jail. He wants the children and mother to be together for Christmas.
Philbert agrees to take Buddy in his "pony" and together they go on a traveling adventure. Philbert has his own agenda. He needs to find four tokens along the way so he can have good medicine and feel better.
Fun film to watch and I do not think it is insulting to Indians. It only makes me appreciate Indians more.
Cast also includes: Joanelle Nadine Romero, Wayne Waterman (as "Wolf Tooth"), Margo Kane and Graham Greene.
Movie Review: PShaah!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you want a view on life on the Rez and what it was about then in 1989, and still is today then this is your film.
If you want a hero for your life then look no further than Philbert Bono. Gary Farmer's character is a gem.
The film is funny and sad at the same time, and even after nearly 20 years it speaks today with a voice perhaps stronger, and more poignant about how to walk through life...with beauty all around...and with a simple faith.
A Martinez and all the cast do a great job and the scenery of the big sky is superb. Dont miss the voice of Floyd Crow Westerman as the CB trucker. Or a cameo from the great John Trudell and another from Wes Studi and his shining smile!
You'll never look at your old car in the same way again!
Movie Review: funny and moving
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't want to give as much of the story away as other reviewers have done. See it for yourself. Gary Farmer as Philbert, the would-be gentle Cheyenne warrior gives a performance that is absolutely remarkable in its sweetness, subtlety and beauty.
At first I didn't want to see it because I loved SMOKE SIGNALS and thought it sounded similar. It is and it isn't. SMOKE SIGNALS is about boys; POW WOW HIGHWAY is about men although both are road and reservation stories. Here the road and reservation landscapes show you an America both wrenchingly painful and beautiful. Don't miss it!!! Philbert's slow and radiant smile is worth the price of admission alone.
Movie Review: Pow-WOW!
Summary: 5 Stars
Powwow Highway is a touching, realistic, slightly lighter look at the way Native Americans have lived and been treated for quite some time. Though it doesn't concentrate solely on their lives, what you do see, does touch you.
The film is about two best friends, Philbert, played by Gary Farmer, who is absolutely charming and wonderful in this role, and Red Bow, played by A Martinez, who is also great in his role. All the performances are wonderful, especially Gary Farmer's touching performance, and the scenery is absolutely beautiful.
Although the ending is a little unbelieveable, it is still a great movie and I highly recommend it.