Director
Chris Eyre presents the film Smoke Signals
The
English Deptarment, with the support of the College of Arts
and Sciences Distinguished Programs Fund, and the Office
of the Provost, cordially invites you to attend a very special
event. Native American film maker Chris Eyre will be on
campus to host a screening of his award winning film, Smoke
Signals, and to answer questions following the film
on Monday, November 15, 2004, at 7:00 p.m. in Banquet
Rooms A & B of the Oakland Center.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will
be
served
during
the hour
before the event.
The award-winning film Smoke Signals is the first feature
film written, directed, and starring Native Americans. The
screenplay, written by poet/novelist Sherman Alexie (based
on stories from his book "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight
in Heaven") follows
the adventures of
two Coeur d’Alene youths who venture from the reservation
to Arizona to collect the remains of the father of one of
them. A variation of the classical road trip/buddy movie,
this film mixes hilarious comedy with darker, sharply poignant
moments. It explores contemporary Native American experience
and explodes Indian stereotypes such as the Vanishing Indian
and romanticized versions of the warrior and the shaman.
For more information abot this screening, see the English
Department's Current Events Page.
Reviews of Smoke Signals*:
- IMDB.com
- Georgakas, Dan. Smoke
Signals. Cineaste, Fall 1998 v23 i4 p28(5)
- Lafontaine, Aimee. Smoke
Signals. Educational Studies v. 34 no2 (Summer 2003)
p. 262-5
- They've
gotta have it; what Spike Lee's film did for African
Americans, Smoke Signals aims to do for Native
Americans. Time, June 29, 1998 v151 n25 p69(2)
Interviews with and articles about Sherman Alexie
and Chris Eyre
- Alexie, Sherman.
Making
Smoke. Whole Earth, Fall 1998 n94 p102(2)
- Bowman, Jon. Telling
it like it is: filmmaker Chris Eyre. Native Peoples
v. 15 no3 (Mar./Apr. 2002) p. 22-3.
- West, Dennis and West, Joan. Sending
cinematic smoke signals: an interview with Sherman Alexie.
Cineaste, Fall 1998 v23 i4 p28(5)
*Access to some full text resources
from off campus is limited to current Oakland students,
staff, and faculty (
find out
why...).