Rating: 
Summary: The Business of Fancy Dancing
Review: Well, let the buyer beware. I ordered this because Amazon said if I liked "The Fast Runner" I would like this. There is no correlation! I hated the movie!
This is about a man caught between being gay( in what looks like a relationship bordering on the murderous) and being pansexual. He is also caught between being an Indian and living in the white man's world (and living quite well,too) Boy, how many times have we had these themes treated in films? Considering the percentage of gays in the population, I think the first theme gets done to death. The other theme has been mangled as well. It's like someone took a couple of cliches and made a film. Boring! Give me a PBS rendering of a Tony Hillerman novel anytime.
A subplot is the hero's relationship with an alcoholic friend he has clearly outgrown.. a friend who gives a white man a gratuitous beating and walks away without anyone giving it a second thought (except,possibly the victim, if he survived.)
Well, as far as I am concerned, a total waste of my money and a good reason not to buy over the internet without more research.
Rating: 
Summary: Powerful dramatically and musically...
Review: When I first started watching this film, I was not totally engaged in its early minutes and I wondered if I had bought a loser. This is the kind of movie that has to be watched from start to finish. There are so many messages in this movie and the Native American messenger carries messages for almost everyone who lives, breathes, and is human. Life on today's reservations, be it the Spokane or Pine Ridge in South Dakota is one of the America's dirty little secrets. Reservation residents don't live very long, do battle with alcoholism and die from depression, hopelessness and sorrow every day. Harsh truths that few people know about. In this movie we see the struggles of those who manage to leave the reservations, those that stay and those that try to return. Leaving the reservation is only part of the battle, living in the outside world is still tough and Seymour, the lead in this movie, is gay on top of all else. This is a powerful, powerful movie and some people won't want to hear what it has to say.Michelle St. John gives a wonderful performance as a young woman of both white and native heritage. Another struggle as she returns to her native roots and environment. Michelle should sing more. She has an incredible voice, and an incredible, emotional delivery. Her music and that of Swil Kanim, the violinist, Mouse...are wonderful. ...buy the movie, buy the CD...its all good.
Rating:
Summary: Powerful dramatically and musically...
Review: When I first started watching this film, I was not totally engaged in its early minutes and I wondered if I had bought a loser. This is the kind of movie that has to be watched from start to finish. There are so many messages in this movie and the Native American messenger carries messages for almost everyone who lives, breathes, and is human. Life on today's reservations, be it the Spokane or Pine Ridge in South Dakota is one of the America's dirty little secrets. Reservation residents don't live very long, do battle with alcoholism and die from depression, hopelessness and sorrow every day. Harsh truths that few people know about. In this movie we see the struggles of those who manage to leave the reservations, those that stay and those that try to return. Leaving the reservation is only part of the battle, living in the outside world is still tough and Seymour, the lead in this movie, is gay on top of all else. This is a powerful, powerful movie and some people won't want to hear what it has to say. Michelle St. John gives a wonderful performance as a young woman of both white and native heritage. Another struggle as she returns to her native roots and environment. Michelle should sing more. She has an incredible voice, and an incredible, emotional delivery. Her music and that of Swil Kanim, the violinist, Mouse...are wonderful. ...buy the movie, buy the CD...its all good.
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