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Honey Moccasin / a Shelley Niro Film ; writer/director Shelley Niro ; producers, Lynn Hutchison, Shelley Niro ; Turtle Night Productions.

Cardinal, Tantoo, (actor.). Merasty, Billy, (actor.). Wheeler, Bernelda, 1937- (actor.). Belmore, Florene, (actor.). Henhawk, Kelly, (actor.). Smith, Paul Chaat, (actor.). Hill, Thomas, 1917-1993 (actor.). Hutchison, Lynn, (producer.). Niro, Shelley, 1954- (director,, screenwriter,, film producer.). Konicek, Zdenek, (composer (expression)). Arriaga, Marcos, (director of photography.). Peddie, Sarah, (editor of moving imge work.). Turtle Night Productions, (production company.). Cast: Tantoo Cardinal, Billy Merasty, Bernelda Wheeler, Florene Belmore, Kelly Henhawk, Paul Chaat-Smith, Tom Hill. (Cast).

Summary:

This all-Native production is part of the new wave of films that examine Native identity in the 1990s. Combines elements of melodrama, performance art, cable access, and 'whodunit' to question conventions of ethnic and sexual identity as well as film narrative. 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. This irreverent reappropriation of familiar narrative strategies serves as a provocative springboard for an investigation of authenticity, cultural identity, and the articulation of modern Native American experience in cinematic language and pop culture.

Investigates the authenticity, cultural identity, and the articulation of modern Native American experience in cinematic language and pop culture.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (52 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Publisher: [Canada] : Turtle Night Productions, 1998.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from title frames and credits. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998. Wide screen.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to ECU students, staff and faculty.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Marcos Arriaga ; editor, Sarah Peddie ; musical score, Zdenek Konicek.
Participant or Performer Note:	Cast: Tantoo Cardinal, Billy Merasty, Bernelda Wheeler, Florene Belmore, Kelly Henhawk, Paul Chaat-Smith, Tom Hill.
Language Note:	Dialogue in English.