Powwow Highway

  • Drama
  • Comedy
2/24/1989
91

Storyline

Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one of them who has been framed and arrested in Santa Fe. On the way, they begin to reconnect to their spiritual heritage.

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  • narrator56

    This is one of a handful of obscure gems that I will place on my list of 25 favorite movies when I get around to creating the list (Finnegan Begin Again also comes to mind).

    This is truly an ensemble cast putting in superlative performances. It is not a message movie, which are sometimes heavy handed, but a serious thread runs through it in the form of indigenous peoples treatment, history and rights, but the story is not weighed down by the message.

    Gary Farmer is delightful as an optimistic young Cheyenne who buys a pony (aka a Buick) and join forces with a Viet Nam vet who is an activist. They go on a road trip, with Farmers character using the old ways to gather power so that they can provide assistance to their reservation. T...

    August 24, 2020

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