Smoke Signals (1998)
6/10
Native American Value, Friendship and Family Love
19 March 2007
Warning: Spoilers
I have two reasons to recommend for you to watch this movie. One reason is that you can see the real life of Native Americans. While most of the Native American movies are stereotyped and idealized by white filmmakers, this is based on a true story and made by a Native American filmmaker, a director and actors. Therefore, you can see the true Native American culture and values in the film.

Another reason is that this movie is impressive and touching. You will be moved by friendship between Victor, the main character, and Tomas, an old friend of Victor. Victor finds Tomas as a real friend through the long trip to find his dad who has died recently. Also, family love is a very important concept in this film. Although Victor could not have noticed his father's love for him until he died, he finally finds it when he meets his father in ashes. It took long time for Victor to notice it but that makes the father's feeling deep. To sum up, you can learn the real Native American culture and be impressed by friendship and family love by this movie.
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