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Directed by Chloe Zhao
John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Taysha Fuller, Eléonore Hendricks, Travis Lone Hill, Irene Bedard, Dakota Brown, Cat Clifford, Jorge Dullknife, Kevin Hunter, Justin Reddy, Alan Reddy, Derrick Janis
The setting is the often starkly beautiful Badlands of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; most of the key players are young Lakota Native Americans who attend Little Wound High School. Johnny and his preteen sister, Jashaun, spend time on horseback when they're not selling illegal liquor or tattoo-designed apparel. Director Chloe Zhao captures the subtleties of a marginalized existence in which the historic culture of a people can't compete on a level playing field with the modern problems of poverty, alcoholism, and violence. Amazingly, she embroiders her tale with moments of breathtaking natural beauty that offset the despair her characters struggle against. SONGS is an auspicious debut feature from a director whose superb eye is informed by the sophisticated and nuanced compassion she brings to her story
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