... there were hundreds." His father doesn't mind. "What's real?" he asks. "I ain't interested in what's real. I'm interested in how things should be." The son takes a lesson. When his father later abandons both his mother and him, Victor dreams of a homecoming and stands on the porch all night long waiting, wrapped in ... Indians. It hardly seems necessary to even announce that: The film is so relaxed about its characters, so much at home in their world, that we sense it's an inside job. Most films about Native Americans have had points to make and scores to settle, like all those earnest 19...

• Word Count: 2547
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

... there were hundreds." His father doesn't mind. "What's real?" he asks. "I ain't interested in what's real. I'm interested in how things should be." The son takes a lesson. When his father later abandons both his mother and him, Victor dreams of a homecoming and stands on the porch all night long waiting, wrapped in ... Indians. It hardly seems necessary to even announce that: The film is so relaxed about its characters, so much at home in their world, that we sense it's an inside job. Most films about Native Americans have had points to make and scores to settle, like all those earnest 19...

• Word Count: 2533
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School