Review of Smoke Signals (1998) by Cathi — 24 May 2008

Love this movie!I wish I knew if there were more mainstream Native movies like this out there out there. Let me know if I am missing them!

This review of Smoke Signals (1998) was written by Cathi on 24 May 2008.

Smoke Signals has generally received positive reviews.

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