Smoke Signals (1998, PG-13)

Name: Smoke Signals (1998, PG-13)
Start: 2024-11-07T19:30:00-04:00
Location: 800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01845

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Thu Nov 07 2024 at 07:30 pm

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Location

800 Massachusetts Avenue, North Andover, MA, United States, Massachusetts 01845 | North Andover, MA

While it was not the first film created by native filmmakers in the United States, Smoke Signals is recognized as being the first feature-length film written, directed, and produced by Native Americans to reach a wide audience both in the US and abroad. This film is also notable for its authenticity with regard to its cast of Native American actors and actresses, and because it was filmed on location on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in Idaho.
Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family, and Victor hasn't seen his father for 10 years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold's remains.
A film selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."