Dance Me Outside | Ryan Rajendra Black, Adam Beach

Dance Me Outside | Ryan Rajendra Black, Adam Beach | Fantastic First Nation Film

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Dance Me Outside

	Dance Me Outside Ryan Rajendra Black, Adam Beach Unapix Consumer Products, 1996 average customer review:based on 37 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Bruce McDonald's wry adaptation of a W.P. Kinsella novel is an engaging, touching story about an awkward passage into manhood and love for an 18-year-old Indian metalhead on the Kidabanesee Reserve in Ontario. Silas Crow (Ryan Black) is a drifting young fellow dragging his feet about entering a school for auto mechanics. While loosely entertaining the idea of writing, Silas unprofitably kills all his time with a thickheaded buddy, Frank Fencepost (Adam Beach), and watches his old girlfriend, Sadie Maracle (Jennifer Podemski), grow away from him as she takes up native issues with admirable commitment. A visit by Silas's older sister, Ilianna (Lisa LaCroix) (with her new, white-and-uptight husband reluctantly in tow), plus the simultaneous reappearance of Ilianna's old flame, ex-con Gooch (Michael Greyeyes), and the unpunished murder of a native girl by a white thug set off a series of events culminating in redemptive acts of love and honor. Big themes, yes, but McDonald (Highway 61) has wisely chosen to emphasize the charm of his characters, make sport of spiritual clichés and Indian chic (there's a funny bit in which Silas gets Ilianna's husband drunk and introduces him to a bogus animal guide), and allow the cruelty of white justice against natives to speak (often comically) for itself. --Tom Keogh

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Dance me back

If you want to see a movie showing Adam Beach and Michael Greyeyes in their earlier days, this is one. Its a great movie that shows how difficult growing up on the rez can be. I wish we had more Native American movies showing their lives and thoughts about present day as well as their traditional stories put into historical movies, etc. as well.

Fantastic First Nation Film

This is one of the best movies I have seen. The cast is full of young indigenous actors who do an outstanding job. The story has a little bit of everything: love, revenge, injustice, sex, and especially humor. The music is great also. I actually prefer this movie over Smoke Signals, which is an excellent film. In fact, I have watched it several times. On a more serious note, the film addresses a lot of pertinent contemporary issues regarding indigenous people. It's definitely worth watching!

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Very Good

I watched it one night, well actually one morning when I couldnt sleep at like 1:00 in the morning. Ever since I saw it I have been trying to rent it or buy it. This is one of the best movies I have ever seen..and I thing about anyone will like it.

Dance M Outside

This is a really good movie and can give the viewer a small window into what reservation life is and was like for American Indians.

Definite hidden gem

I am not Native but can only guess that this is a close approximation of life on a Reservation to some degree. This film has caused me to wonder many evenings what was factual and what was fictional. Obviously, there are still some stereotypes regarding both people - whites and natives. What I liked was that the movie showed some real issues without getting too preachy. It pointed out what some of the basic problems facing Natives are and gave the audience a chance to learn through humor, and yes, horror.

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