Bunker Hill 1956. Los Angeles plays itself. A skill for Molina. Story of a rodeo cowboy. Ivan and his father. Last day of Angels Flight. Robert Kirste's Last day of Angels Flight. Bunker Hill : a tale of urban removal. White Fawn's devotion. Mackenzie files. The Leonard Lopate Show.
Notes:
Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds, Rico Rodriguez, Clifford Ray Sam, Clydean Parker, Mary Donahue. Originally released by Kent Mackenzie in 1961 as a 16 mm. motion picture. "Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archives in cooperation with University of Southern California Moving Image Archive, National Film Preservation Foundation, the Mackenzie family and Milestone. Film restorationist: Ross Lipman." -- DVD credits. Bonus Features: Four Short Films; Clips from Thorn Anderson's masterpiece, Los Angeles Plays Itself; Commentary Track; Last Days of Angeles Flight, A Short Film; Bunker Hill: A Tale of Urban Renewal, A Short Film by Greg Kimble; WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show with presenters Sherman Alexie and Charles Bunette. Special features (disc 1): 2008 theatrical trailer (3 min.); "Bunker Hill 1956" documentary featurette (18 min.); "Los Angeles plays itself" documentary featurette (3 min.); "Watching the Exiles" optional audio commentary with Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker; opening night at UCLA audio-only feature (52 min.). Special features (disc 2): "A skill for Molina" featurette (15 min.); "Story of a rodeo cowboy" featurette (26 min.); "Ivan and his father" featurette (14 min.); "Robert Kirste's last day of angels flight" (3 min.); "Bunker Hill: a tale of urban removal" documentary featurette (23 min.); "White Fawn's devotion" first-known Indian film production (13 min.); Sherman Alexie and Sean Axmaker audio-only interview (38 min.); WNYC Leonard Lopate show with Sherman Alexie and Charles Burnett (19 min.); "Exiles" stills gallery; "Bunker Hill 1956" treatment and script PDF; "Exiles U.S.A. 1961" script PDF; "Exiles" original publicity materials and press kit PDF; "Exiles" funding proposal PDF; "Exiles" thesis PDF; "Exiles" 2009 press kit PDF; "Jug man band" script PDF; Kent Mackenzie resume PDF; "Thunderbird" and "Exiles" preliminary script PDF.
Contents:
Disc 1. Feature (72 min.) -- Disc 2. Special features and DVD-ROM PDF files.
Summary:
"[C]hronicles one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows a group of exiles -- transplants from Southwest reservations -- as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance"--Container. An account of the problems encountered by Native Americans living in urban areas and caught between two conflicting cultures, as shown by footage of 12 hours in the lives of a group living in Los Angeles.
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