Skins [dvd] Grandview Pictures, First Look Media, in association with Starz Encore Entertainment, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network and Jon Kilik, presents a film by Chris Eyre ; directed by Chris Eyreproducer, produced by Jon Kilik ; written by Jennifer D. Lyne.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002. Based on the novel : Skins / by Adrian C. Louis. Special features: optional audio commentary by director; "On the set" behind-the-scenes featurette (15 min.); "Rolling rez mini-doc" film promotion tour (5 min.). Graham Greene, Eric Schweig, Yellow Pony Pettibone, Gary Farmer, Michael Spears, Chris Eyre, Leonard George, Noah Watts, Michelle Thrush.
Contents:
Opening credits -- Mogie Toss -- Ghost of murder -- Confession -- White clay liquor -- Healing -- American Horse -- Bear trap -- Payback -- The spirit world -- Our ancestors -- Ending credits
Summary:
Rudy Yellow Lodge is both a resident and a police officer of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Dealing with the fallout and emotional burdens of reservation life in one of the poorest counties in the U.S., as alcoholism and poverty continually threaten the community, his family, and his own state of mind, Rudy finds himself taking the law into his own hands, with potentially tragic consequences.
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