Honey Moccasin

Synopsis

This all-Native production, by director Shelley Niro (Mohawk), is part of the Smoke Signals new wave of films that examine Native identity in the 1990’s. Set on the Grand Pine Indian Reservation, aka “Reservation X”, HONEY MOCCASIN combines elements of melodrama, performance art, cable access, and ‘whodunit’ to question conventions of ethnic and sexual identity as well as film narrative. A comedy/thriller complete with a fashion show and torchy musical numbers, this witty film employs a surreal pastiche of styles to depict the rivalry between bars The Smokin’ Moccasin and The Inukshuk Cafe, the saga of closeted drag queen/powwow clothing thief Zachary John, and the travails of crusading investigator Honey Moccasin. This irreverent reappropriation of familiar narrative strategies serves as a provocative spring-board for an investigation of authenticity, cultural identity, and the articulation of modern Native American experience in cinematic language and pop culture.

Main Cast

Tantoo Cardinal

Honey Moccasin

Age : 74 | Popularity : 69%

Florence Belmore

Mabel Moccasin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Ron Cook

Sonny Moccasin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Willie Dunn

Hank

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Sandra Laronde

Sissy Moccasin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Billy Merasty

Zachary John

Age : N/A | Popularity : 25%

Paul Chaat Smith

Richard Rock

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Bernelda Wheeler

Bernelda Birch

Age : 68 | Popularity : 0%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Editing	Editor	Sarah Peddie
Camera	Director of Photography	Marcos Arriaga
Writing	Writer	Shelley Niro
Sound	Original Music Composer	Zdenek Konicek
	Sound	Benito Amaro
Art	Art Direction	Ryan Rice
Production	Producer	Shelley Niro Lynn Hutchison
	Production Manager	Jeff Sterne
Directing	Director	Shelley Niro
Department	Role	Name

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