Friday Night Film

Smoke Signals (1998) 89 min. The first movie to be written, directed, and co-produced by Native Americans, it shows in rich, humorous detail what life is like for young “Indians” today, including reservation basketball games and the rituals of frybread. An eccentric storyteller and an angry young man embark on a road trip to retrieve the ashes of one’s father. Will they be able to find resolution and peace? Rated PG-13. In English.