Smoke Signals

[1998, Movie]

Smoke Signals: Review

By the time they get to Phoenix: Evan Adams and Adam Beach

Heavily promoted on the basis of its Native American pedigree — it's written by acclaimed novelist Sherman Alexie — this film won both the Audience Award and the Filmmaker's Trophy at the 1998 year's Sundance Film Festival. July 4, 1976: While mainstream America celebrates its bicentennial, two families, the Josephs and unfortunately named Builds-the-Fire clan, are partying on the Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation. One thing leads to another, and soon the Builds-the... read more

Smoke Signals: Cast & Details

Year: 1998
Rated PG-13

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Cast
Adam Beach: Victor Joseph
Evan Adams: Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Gary Farmer: Arnold Joseph
Tantoo Cardinal: Arlene Joseph
Irene Bedard: Suzy Song
Cody Lightning: Young Victor Joseph

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Smoke Signals: TV Guide News

FlickChick | 5/1/2003
Question: I once saw a Canadian movie about a boy named Peter Piper, whose family included a deaf sister. They take in a read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/30/2002
As one of the only Native American — no — American Indian directors in the biz, Smoke Signals filmmaker Chris Ey read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 9/26/2002
Here's a loaded question: Why did Eric Schweig choose to play Daniel Day Lewis's baby brother in Last of the Mohicans? H read more
TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/17/2002
Before playing a Navajo code expert in John Woo's Windtalkers, actor Adam Beach struggled through his share of stereotyp read more