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Title: Good Effort - if a bit uneven
Review: This is by no means a great film, but it is certainly better than many reviewers here give it credit for. Schroeder is to be commended for his efforts. The low budget is evident throughout, but the acting is solid and the message an important one. Even if it is a bit overwrought, one of the greatest issues for American Indians today is struggling with their identity and where they fit in this world. What some may see here as melodramatic racism is actually a very real stigma that many "mixed-bloods" have to face. In the end, this facet of the film makes it an important one, and a decent addition to the woefully inadequate genre of Native American film.Eddie Spears is excellent - I hope to see him get more work. If only Indians could get roles in films where their ethnicity was not the primary character.
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