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The Exiles

Cedar Lane Cinemas
Teaneck, NJ

Written, directed and produced by Kent Mackenzie
Restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with USC Moving Image Archive, National Film Preservation Foundation and Milestone Films
Film Restorationist: Ross Lipman.
72 minutes

This 1961 black-and-white film tells the story of one wild but typical night in the lives of three young American Indians who have left their reservations to live in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles. The film follows Yvonne, her husband Homer and Tommy, a Mexican who lives with them, through fourteen hours of their everyday life. With the fall of night comes the drinking, card-playing, picking up girls, fighting and dancing of the boys, that is juxtaposed against Yvonnes lonely, uneventful existence. These two scenarios sum up the confused lives of a group that is part of a new generation caught between opposing forces the past versus modern day living. The film features an all Native American cast and although it is a narrative feature, the script was based on Kent Mackenzies extensive conversations with a group of Native Americans living in Bunker Hill. New Jersey priemire.

Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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