This is is a portrait of Ku Stevens, a 17 year old young man living on the Yerington Paiute reservation in Nevada. He is a long distance runner who dreams of going to the University of Oregon. As Stevens trains and tries to get noticed by college recruiters he ponders his great grandfather who fled one of infamous religious schools designed to make Native American children into good little Christian kids. His grandfather ran 50 miles into the desert to find his freedom, its a story that haunts him.
This winner at SXSW is a good portrait of a young man trying to come to terms with the present while reclaiming his family's history. It's a good portrait of a good young man trying to make a difference. It's also a film that makes the story of the children much more real than many other documentaries that deal with the stolen childen that keep things at arms length.
If you are interesteted in the tragedy of Native American children and a want to see a great bio, then this film is for you.
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