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'''Smoke Signals''' is a 1998 award-winning, Canadian-American independent film about a troubled father-son relationship on Idaho's [[Coeur D'Alene]] [[Indian reservation|reservation]], where it was filmed. At the time, it was widely billed as the first film fully created by [[Native American|Native Americans]], from its director ([[Chris Eyre]]) and screenwriter ([[Sherman Alexie]]), to its cast members and its soundtrack, and in fact it is chock full of sly humor and jokes about reservation life vs. mainstream American culture. Nevertheless, the film contains a story line and theme that is universally applicable, including poverty, alcoholism, generational schisms, and coming of age issues. The two main protagonists were placed by [[Adam Beach]] and [[Evan Adams]]. | '''Smoke Signals''' is a 1998 award-winning, Canadian-American independent film about a troubled father-son relationship on Idaho's [[Coeur D'Alene]] [[Indian reservation|reservation]], where it was filmed. At the time, it was widely billed as the first film fully created by [[Native American|Native Americans]], from its director ([[Chris Eyre]]) and screenwriter ([[Sherman Alexie]]), to its cast members and its soundtrack, and in fact it is chock full of sly humor and jokes about reservation life vs. mainstream American culture. Nevertheless, the film contains a story line and theme that is universally applicable, including poverty, alcoholism, generational schisms, and coming of age issues. The two main protagonists were placed by [[Adam Beach]] and [[Evan Adams]]. | ||
{{Image|File-Evan Adams.jpg|left|150px|Actor Evan Adams (who played Thomas) in 2009.}} | |||
{{Image|Adam Beach 2007.jpg|right|150px|Actor Adam Beach (who played Victor) in 2007.}} | |||
Revision as of 20:47, 17 January 2021
This article is about Smoke Signals (film). For other uses of the term Smoke signals, please see Smoke signals (disambiguation).
Smoke Signals is a 1998 award-winning, Canadian-American independent film about a troubled father-son relationship on Idaho's Coeur D'Alene reservation, where it was filmed. At the time, it was widely billed as the first film fully created by Native Americans, from its director (Chris Eyre) and screenwriter (Sherman Alexie), to its cast members and its soundtrack, and in fact it is chock full of sly humor and jokes about reservation life vs. mainstream American culture. Nevertheless, the film contains a story line and theme that is universally applicable, including poverty, alcoholism, generational schisms, and coming of age issues. The two main protagonists were placed by Adam Beach and Evan Adams.
