Film Library

Smoke Signals . S. Alexie. 1998.

Comedy/Drama. VHS. 89 minutes. (Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal.)

Young Indian man Thomas is a nerd on his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold . Arnold soon left his family (and his tough son Victor), and Victor hasn't seen his father for ten years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold 's remains, but only if Thomas will also go with him. Thomas and Victor hit the road. Winner at the Sundance Film Festival. (source: tape case copy, www.imdb.com)