Dreamkeeper is a 2003 film written by John Fusco and directed by Steve Barron. The main plot of this film is the conflict between an elder Lakota and a storyteller named Pete Chasing Horse (August Schellenberg) and his Lakota grandson, Shane Chasing Horse (Eddie Spears).
The plot disappears when the two travel from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to powwow All Nations in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the journey of grandchildren takes only time under pressure. Along the way, grandfather tells her grandchildren various Indian stories and legends to help her understand and choose "good red road," which embraces Indian identity.
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Plot
The film opens with Eagle Boy, a young man in search of vision. Then cut to the present, where the 17-year-old Lakota named Shane Chasing Horse lives on a Pine Ridge reservation. She is in trouble because she owes some money to a local gang - the money she uses to buy a beautiful ring for Mae Little Wounded, a girl she likes. Meanwhile, his mother asked him to ride his grandfather, Pete Chasing Horse, a storyteller, to the powwow. Shane was reluctant. However, when the gang comes after him, Shane changes his mind and goes to the powwow with his grandfather, who agrees to give him his truck once they reach the powwow. Grandpa tells Shane the story of a young Lakota who is trying to win the hand of the Bluebird Woman. She also tells the story of how the thunder spirit fell in love with a Mohawk woman and took her to the delicate world of Sky Woman, and how she raised her son in her village until she was beaten by one of the villagers and brought back to live with her father.
Later, when a pink-haired man eager to learn about indigenous cultures and hopes to be adopted by the Native American family asks to ride with them to the powwow, Shane says no. His grandfather then told him the Kiowa story about Tehan, a white man who lived among the Kiowa tribe and fought bravely beside them, and Shane relented and let the redhead ride with them. Shane's grandfather then tells how Elang Boy follows the advice of a spirited spirit spirit, and seeks an old woman who can give her a weapon to kill the mighty Uncegila snake. She was disgusted when the ugly old lady hugged her, but reacted very differently when she turned into a beautiful young woman. He denounces her, but gives her what she needs. Eagle Boy slams Uncegila, whose heart instructs him and gives him great strength and prophetic vision.
Eventually, the gang members who chased after Shane followed them, but accidentally drove their car off the cliff and into the Rio Grande River while chasing after him. Shane dives and saves them, and his struggle contrasts with Eagle Boy's underwater battle with Uncegila. The gang members ride them in a way, until they and the red-haired fighter leave them to travel with a group of attractive young women who also head to the powwows.
As they travel, Shane's grandfather tells Shane many other stories: some about the Coyote and the spider's Iktomi. The other is about a young Pawnee man and his mother being booed by the rest of their tribe until the boy finds an unwanted pony that brings them good medicine. When Shane and his grandfather saw the stars, Grandpa told the story of Quillwork Girl and his seven brothers, about a Cheyenne girl who put her faith in a dream and searched for seven brothers, but who later had to quarrel with the Buffalo nation. The next story is about a young Chinook woman who sacrificed herself to heal her sickly village, and the next one is about a young Blackfoot hunter who can not let go of his father's memory.
Shane and his grandfather went on their way, losing their truck along the way and continuing on horseback and on foot. Both became closer. However, it turns out that Shane's grandfather had taken them not to powwow but to the trailer home of Shane's father (Sam Chasing Horse). Shane was angry and disappointed to be deceived, but was persuaded to stay the night. The next morning Shane finally made peace with his estranged father. However, he later becomes sad when he discovers that his grandfather temporarily died in his sleep. Shane decides to proceed to the powwow on the horse, and his father says that when Shane comes home he will be there too. The end of Eagle Boy's story is revealed: Eagle Boy decides that he wants to live like another man, and does not obey it by revealing it to the whole tribe (to whom he seems to be no more than an ordinary rock). In powwow, Shane takes on the role of a storyteller, and the kids gather around him to listen.
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Cast
- August Schellenberg as Grandfather Pete Chasing a Horse
- Eddie Spears as Shane Chasing Horse
- Gil Birmingham as Sam Chasing Horse
- Sheila Tousey as Janine
- Nathan Lee Pursues his Horse as Verdel
- Chaske Spencer as an Eagle Boy
- Gloria Eshkibok as ugly Woman
- Kimberly Norris Guerrero as Beautiful Woman
- Sean Wei Mah as High Horse
- Gordon Tootoosis as Killed the Enemy
- Michael Greyeyes as Thunder of the Spirit
- Alex Rice as She-Crosses-The Water
- Elizabeth Sage Galesi as a Blue Bird Woman/Mae Little Wounded as a Sage
- Casey Camp-Horinek as the Sky Woman
- Griffin Powell-Arcand as Thunder Boy
- Margo Kane as Clan's Mother
- Scott Grimes as a Red Head/Tehan
- Delanna Studies as Many Talks
- Nathaniel Arcand as Broken Lance
- Patric James Bird as Big Bow
- David McNally as Colonel
- Darren Lucas as Second Soldier
- Dave Leader as Young Soldier
- Clifford Crane Bear as Old Kiowa
- Kyle Daniels as Little Hand
- John Trudell as Coyote
- Gary Farmer as Iktome
- George Aguilar as Grandfather
- Geraldine Keams as Iktome's wife
- Dakota House as Dirty Belly
- Tantoo Cardinal as an Old Woman
- Floyd Red Crow Westerman as Iron Spoon
- Sheena Shymanski as Iron Spoon's daughter
- Teneil Whiskey Jack as Quillwork Girl
- Michelle Thrush as a Morning Horse
- Terry Bigcharles as First Brother
- Simon R. Baker as Second Brother
- William Daniels as Third Brother
- Zachary Nolan Auger as the Fourth Sister
- Sarain Waskawitch as Fifth Brother
- Cody Lightning as the Sixth Sister
- Russell Badger as Commander of War
- Cliff Soloman as Village Head
- Misty Upham as princess
- Lawrence Bayne as Raven
- Travis Dugas as Ekuskini
- Tyrone Tootoosis as Whirlwind's Whirlwind Dreamer
- Sammy Simon as Ghost Hunter
- Stag Big Sorrel Horse as Hunter
- Jimmy Herman as Elder Multnomah
- Wilma Pelly as an Old Lady
- Helmer Twoyoungmen as Salmon Hunter
- Tokala Clifford as Red Deer
Production
Filming lasts for four months and occurs mainly in Canada. Representatives from the Lakota tribe, Kiowa, Cheyenne, Pawnee, Blackfeet, Mohawk and Crow came on the film board to evaluate the authenticity of production during the filming and to suggest changes. One of the advisors was surprised to see the crew managed to get a rare Cheyenne leopard dog for one scene. Some scenes involve shooting a herd of 1,500 buffalo.
Visual effects watchdog Nicholas Brooks stated that to create a heavenly view, another world of Sky Woman in "Legend of She Crosses the Water and the Thunder Spirit", the filmmakers decided not to film the actors against the blue screen. Instead, the color and texture of the scene is then changed, sometimes in a somewhat arbitrary manner controlled by the computer, which Brooks says lends a certain sequence of psychological feelings.
Awards
- 2003, American Indian Film Festival: Best Movie
- 2004, Emmy Exceptional Special Visual Effects for Miniseries, Movies, or Specials
- 2004 Humanitarian Award - John Fusco - First American in Art
References
External links
- Dreamkeeper on IMDb
- "Dreamkeeper Keeps the Faith" - along with comments by Rob Schmidt of Blue Corn Comics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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