1 Movie Starring Joanelle Romero

Powwow Highway

Powwow Highway

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-02-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (1242 Reviews)

Director:

Jonathan Wacks

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

David Seals (based on the novel by)

Janet Heaney (screenplay)

Jean Stawarz (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Depicts the struggles of reservation-dwelling Native Americans in the North Central United States. The main character is an introspective and lovable person in a process of seeking pride and identity through traditional and mystical means of gathering power. His high school friend, who is a Vietnam War Veteran, is exerting power as a highly principled social activist, using a modern rational materialist adversarial model of progress.

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