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 · A comedy/thriller complete with a fashion show and torchy musical numbers, this witty film employs a surreal pastiche of styles to depict the rivalry between bars The Smokin’ Moccasin and The Inukshuk Cafe, the saga of closeted drag queen/powwow clothing thief Zachary John, and the travails of crusading investigator Honey Moccasin.
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.
Synopsis. 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 ...
- 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.
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 queen...
- Comedy
