Powwow Highway

Powwow Highway

6.8IMDb Score
Released:1989-02-24
Duration:91 min
Director:Jonathan Wacks
Actors:A Martinez, Gary Farmer, Joanelle Romero, Amanda Wyss, Sam Vlahos
Production:Handmade Films

Overview:

Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one of them who has been framed and arrested in Santa Fe. On the way, they begin to reconnect to their spiritual heritage.

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