Dir: Kent MacKenzie
1961
****
Watching The Exiles is like watching the death of an ancient culture. What the European settlers and subsequent generations have done to the native American is horrific but the fact that so many of the indigenous people have now turned their backs to their culture is heartbreaking. The Exiles shows the bright lights that lead the youth away from the reservations and the harsh reality that they will never fit in but can never go back. A lost generation in the flesh with dreams of a new America but with traditions in their blood that they will never be able to shake off, a small society at war with themselves. Bleak in content but beautiful visually. An important insight and a slice of modern American history.
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