No More Smoke Signals ( Einst waren wir Krieger )

No More Smoke Signals (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Einst waren wir Krieger
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Switzerland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Fanny Bräuning

Written By:
Fanny Bräuning

Actors:
John Trudell
Roxanne Two Bulls

Synopsis:

Kili Radio 'Voice of the Lakota Nation' is broadcast out of a small wooden house that sits isolated on a hill, lost in the vast countryside of South Dakota. It's a place that's long forgotten; lying at the crossroads between combat and hope, between the American dream and daily existence on America's poorest reservation. Yet we find people like Roxanne Two Bulls, who's trying to start over again on the land of her ancestors; the young DJ Derrick who's discovering his gift for music; Bruce, the white lawyer who for thirty years has been trying to free a militant who's been fighting for American Indian rights; and finally John Trudell, an old AIM activist who's made a career for himself as a musician in Hollywood. Everything converges at Kili Radio. Instead of sending smoke signals the radio station transmits its own signals across a vast and magnificent landscape with a delightful combination of humor and melancholy. Native hip hop and broken windshields: pride has been restored - it really is OK to be Lakota. (Kili = Lakota: awesome)

A lone radio station on a small hill in South Dakota, founded in the 1970s by activists of the North American Indian resistance movement: KILI Radio - 'Voice of the Lakota Nation'. A forgotten place between struggle and hope, between Indian legends and everyday life on the poorest reservation in the USA. But there is Roxanne Two Bulls, who wants to begin a new life on the land of her ancestors, and the young DJ, Derrick, who discovers his talent for music at KILI. There is also Bruce, Caucasian, an attorney who has attempted to get an Indian activist released from prison for the past 30 years. And a sudden appearance by the former AIM activist John Trudell, who launched a career as a musician in Hollywood. Everything converges at KILI Radio, and instead of sending smoke signals KILI transmits its signals throughout the vast and magnificent landscape, with a delightful combination of humour and melancholy. Native hip hop and broken windshields: pride has been restored - it really is ok to be Lakota.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 22 December, 2011.