Journey to Spirit Island (1988)

Directed by

László Pal

Genre

teen film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Native American girl, her brother, and two new friends try to stop land developers from building a resort on a sacred burial island.

lightheartedadventurousearnestfamily-friendlymildoptimisticnature-infusedsimple

What happens

Journey to Spirit Island is a 1988 U.S. Emmy Award-winning family adventure film directed by László Pal, produced by Bruce Clark, with a screenplay by Crane Webster from a story by László Pal and Crane Webster. It stars Bettina Bush, Brandon Douglas and Marie Antoinette Rodgers, with cinematography by the Oscar-winning Vilmos Zsigmond. Set on the Olympic Peninsula and a nearby, unspoiled San Juan island, the film follows a young Native American girl, her brother, and their two new friends as they battle land developers determined to build a holiday resort on the sacred burial site known as Spirit Island. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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