Honey Moccasin
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Honey Moccasin: Directed by Shelley Niro. With Florence Belmore, Tantoo Cardinal, Ron Cook, Willie Dunn. Investigates the authenticity, cultural identity, and the articulation of modern Native American experience in cinematic language and pop culture.
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- Florence Belmore, Tantoo Cardinal, Ron Cook
- Shelley Niro
Set on the Grand Pine Indian Reservation, aka “Reservation X”, HONEY MOCCASIN combines elements of melodrama, performance art, cable access, and ‘whodunit’ to question conventions of ethnic and sexual identity as well as film narrative.
- 47 min
- 3K
- higanbana
Jan 1, 1998 · Overview. This all-Native production, by director Shelley Niro (Mohawk), is part of the Smoke Signals new wave of films that examine Native identity in the 1990’s.
Set on the Grand Pine Indian Reservation, aka “Reservation X”, HONEY MOCCASIN combines elements of melodrama, performance art, cable access, and ‘whodunit’ to question conventions of ethnic and sexual identity as well as film narrative.
- Shelley Niro
Set on the Grand Pine Indian Reservation, aka “Reservation X”, HONEY MOCCASIN combines elements of melodrama, performance art, cable access, and ‘whodunit’ to question conventions of ethnic and sexual identity as well as film narrative.
Niro masterfully meshes styles in this surreal exploration of modern Native American experience. Awarded Best Feature and Director for the Red Earth Native American Film and Video Fest, and Best Experimental Film at the Dreamspeakers Film and Video Festival.
Crusading investigator Honey Moccasin examines the rivalry between two bars, The Smokin' Moccasin and The Inukshuk Cafe, as well as the exploits of powwow clothing thief and closeted drag...
- Comedy
