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United States. Language. English. The Exiles (1961) is a film by Kent MacKenzie chronicling a day in the life of a group of 20-something Native Americans who left reservation life in the 1950s to live in the district of Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California.
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The Exiles: Directed by Kent Mackenzie. With Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tom Reynolds, Rico Rodriguez. Follows a family of Native Americans living in the City of Angels.
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- Kent Mackenzie
- 1961-07-13
1961. Topics. Indians of North America, Indians of North America. Publisher. Kent Mackenzie. Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. A documentary account of the problems that are encountered by American Indians who live in urban areas and are caught between two conflicting cultures. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate.
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An historic film, The Exiles combines gritty realism and a loosely-spun, improvisational narrative to capture the lives of Native Americans adrift in a run-down Los Angeles neighborhood in...
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- Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tom Reynolds
- Kent Mackenzie
Summaries. Follows a family of Native Americans living in the City of Angels. Native Americans in Los Angeles. For 12 hours one Friday night, from late afternoon until dawn, we follow a handful of urban Indians.
Film Details. Release Date. 1961. Technical Specs. Duration. 1h 12m. TCM Emails. Sign Up. One night in the lives of young Native American men and women--transplants from Southwest reservations--living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles, as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance.
Jul 11, 2008 · by Nick Schager. July 11, 2008. As it did last year with Charles Burnett’s Killer of Sheep, Milestone Films now liberates Kent Mackenzie’s 1961 debut The Exiles from undistributed purgatory.