Smoke Signals (1998)
7/10
interesting native indie
5 January 2021
On a native reservation, Arnold rescues baby Thomas from a fiery infernal. Thomas grows up admiring Arnold and telling tales about him. On the other hand, Arnold's actual son Victor Joseph (Adam Beach) grew up conflicted about his drunken, abusive father. Arnold always claims to be able to disappear and one day, he does just that. He abandons his family. Years later, the family gets a phone call that Arnold has died and someone needs to retrieve his body. Thomas is eager to join Victor on his journey.

As a mostly native production, this is one of the better ones. The film looks good. It is a good indie. It also has capable native actor Adam Beach before his big breaks. These are two interesting characters. It's an interesting relationship although I wish they get along better. It's an interesting little movie.
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