Powwow Highway (1989)

Directed by

Jonathan Wacks

Genre

comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two Native American men take a road trip from a reservation to Santa Fe in a beat-up car they call the Powwow Highway. One is a traditional elder who moves deliberately, the other is a politically active younger man. They set out to help a friend in legal trouble, and the journey becomes a quiet comedy about friendship and heritage.

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What happens

Powwow Highway is a 1988 American independent comedy-drama film executive produced by George Harrison HandMade Films and directed by Jonathan Wacks. Based on the novel of the same name by David Seals, it stars A Martinez, Gary Farmer, Joanelle Romero and Amanda Wyss. Wes Studi and Graham Greene, who were relatively unknown actors at the time, have small supporting roles. In 2024, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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