Honey Moccasin
1998 | 47m | English
Popularity: 0.1 (history)
| Director: | Shelley Niro |
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| Writer: | Shelley Niro |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 01, 1998 |
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| Director: | Shelley Niro |
| Writer: | Shelley Niro |
| Genres: | Comedy, Mystery |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
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Updated: Feb 04, 2025 (Update) Entered: May 06, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Tantoo Cardinal | Honey Moccasin |
| Florence Belmore | Mabel Moccasin |
| Ron Cook | Sonny Moccasin |
| Willie Dunn | Hank |
| Sandra Laronde | Sissy Moccasin |
| Billy Merasty | Zachary John |
| Paul Chaat Smith | Richard Rock |
| Bernelda Wheeler | Bernelda Birch |
| Name | Job |
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| Shelley Niro | Writer, Director |
| Sarah Peddie | Editor |
| Ryan Rice | Art Direction |
| Benito Amaro | Sound |
| Marcos Arriaga | Director of Photography |
| Zdenek Konicek | Original Music Composer |
| Jeff Sterne | Production Manager |
| Name | Title |
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| Lynn Hutchison | Producer |
| Shelley Niro | Producer |
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