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The Mystic Warrior (1984)

The Mystic Warrior poster
Directed by
Richard T. Heffron
Country
United States
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A Sioux man uses ancestral spiritual powers to try to save his tribe from destruction. The film follows his struggle to lead his people through a time of great change and danger.

somberspiritualslow-pacedmelancholicseriousearnesthistoricalcontemplativefateful

What happens

The Mystic Warrior is a 1984 American TV movie about a band of Sioux and the efforts of one man to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors. The movie was originally a nine-hour miniseries entitled Hanta Yo to be aired in 1980, instead aired in 1984 as a five-hour mini-series with the new name. The mini-series has been released on DVD in Germany, but no international release as yet. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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