Anno | 1961 |
Genere | Drammatico |
Produzione | USA |
Durata | 72 minuti |
Regia di | Kent MacKenzie |
Attori | Mary Donahue, Homer Nish, Clydean Parker, Tom Reynolds (II), Rico Rodriguez (II) Clifford Ray Sam, Eddie Sunrise, Yvonne Williams. |
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Documentario girato in 35 mm e in bianco e nero, The Exiles è una storia di emigrazione forzata, solitudine e sopraffazione a Los Angeles tra i nativi d'America che hanno abbandonato le riserve per vivere nella metropoli.
Never released theatrically and all but unseen in the 50 years since shooting began, "The Exiles" is a lost Los Angeles treasure about a culture that disappeared and haunting neighborhoods that are no more. That we have it with us again is little short of miraculous. Directed by Kent Mackenzie and showing for a week at UCLA's Billy Wilder Theater in Westwood's Hammer Museum, "The Exiles" offers a [...] Vai alla recensione »
The critic and historian Norman M. Klein has called Los Angeles “the most photographed and least remembered city in the world.” Given the truth of this, the restoration and long-delayed commercial release of “The Exiles,” a 1961 film about a largely forgotten corner of that deceptively bright city, is nothing less than a welcome act of defiant remembrance.