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Nate and the Colonel (2003)

Nate and the Colonel poster
Directed by
Paul Winters
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
16
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A settler and a Native American colonel clash and then find common ground in the Old West. The film follows their interactions with each other and with the land.

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What happens

Nate and the Colonel is a 2003 Western film written, directed and edited by Paul Winters. The film also stars Winters as Colonel Ben Loftin and Ricco Ross as Nate. Nate and the Colonel is the first feature film to use the Native American Ojibwe language (for the first half of the film, the Native actors only speak in the Ojibwa language with English sub-titles). The film also stars Mark S. Brien and Carlos Milano. Milano also produced the film and accepted the "Best Feature Film Award" at the 2004 American Indian LA Film and TV Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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