Calgary Cinemateque presents a Spotlight Series: Milestone Films screening of:

The Exiles

Thursday, October 30, 2014 @ 7:00 PM
The Plaza Theatre - 1133 Kensington Road NW, Calgary
$12 General | $10 Member/Senior/Student

THE EXILES | Dir. Kent MacKenzie | 1961 | Digital

The independently produced The Exiles was warmly received at the 1966 Venice Film Festival, then inexplicably fell into obscurity. This is a shame: though made 30 years ago, the issues raised by the film are just as potent and powerful today. The story concerns a trio of young Native Americans who decide to leave the reservation. Once they've reached Los Angeles, the three protagonists find themselves just as lost and isolated as they would have been in the middle of the desert. Non-professionals Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish and Tommy Reynolds offer strong, naturalistic performances; in fact, they don't seem to be acting at all, but instead living their parts.

Milestone Films Spotlight

Milestone began in 1990 by Amy Heller and Dennis Doros out of their New York City one-room apartment and has since received multiple awards and international recognition for releasing classic cinema masterpieces, groundbreaking documentaries and American independent features.

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