Powwow Highway (1989)
- Starring:
- A. Martinez, Gary Farmer, (more)
- Director(s):
- Joanelle Nadine Romero, Jonathan Wacks, (more
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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The road movie gets a smart update with this seriocomic tale of two Cheyenne men traveling from their reservation in Montana to New Mexico. For one of them, Buddy Red Bow (A Martinez), a quick-tempered activist, the journey is a practical one; his sister has been arrested and he is the only family member who can help her out. Buddy has no transportation, so he's forced to ride with Philbert Bono (Gary Farmer), a phlegmatic hulk of a man who is using his 1964 Buick as a vehicle for a spiritual journey of his own. Philbert's easygoing ways and insistence on frequent stops to meditate prove irritating at first to Buddy, but the men reach an accommodation as the trip wears on. Buddy comes to see that blaming the white man and what he sees as system rigged against Native Americans is distracting him from his true mission: to better understand himself and his place in the world. ~ Tom Wiener, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 87 mins
Complete Cast:
- A. Martinez - Buddy Red Bow
- Amanda Wyss - Rabbit Layton
- Sam Vlahos - Chief Joseph
- Margo Kane - Imogene
- Roscoe Born - Agent Jack Novall
- Rene Handren-Seals
- Junie Lowry-Johnson
- Graham Greene - Vietnam Vet
- Wes Studi - Buff
- Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman - CB Radio Voice
- Janet Cunningham
- Gary Farmer - Philbert Bono
- Joanelle Nadine Romero - Bonnie Red Bow
- Wayne Waterman - Wolf Tooth
- Geoffrey Rivas - Sandy Young Blood
- Tony Frank - Captain Roberts
- Marc Miles - Patrolman
- John Trudell - Louie Short Hair
- Marie Antoinette Rogers - Aunt Harriet
- Adam Taylor - Bull Miller
- Del Zamora - Fidel de Boro
- Director(s):
- Jonathan Wacks, Joanelle Nadine Romero
- Writer(s):
- Janet Heaney, Jean Stawarz
- Producer(s):
- Jan Wieringa
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Violence, Profanity, Adult Situations, Brief Nudity, Substance Abuse)
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- 1988 - Powwow Highway - Sundance Film Festival - Filmmaker's Trophy: Dramatic







