Honey Moccasin

Honey Moccasin

4 | 1998-01-01 | Comedy Mystery

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.

Featured Crew

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

Cast

Tantoo Cardinal
Tantoo Cardinal
Honey Moccasin
Florence Belmore
Florence Belmore
Mabel Moccasin
Ron Cook
Ron Cook
Sonny Moccasin
Sandra Laronde
Sandra Laronde
Sissy Moccasin
Billy Merasty
Billy Merasty
Zachary John
Paul Chaat Smith
Paul Chaat Smith
Richard Rock
Bernelda Wheeler
Bernelda Wheeler
Bernelda Birch

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