Journal article
Reel Restoration in Drunktown's Finest
Abstract
Drunktown’s Finest, a 2014 feature-length film directed by Sydney Freeland (Diné), tells the stories of Luther “Sick Boy” Maryboy (Jeremiah Bitsui), Nizhoni Smiles (MorningStar Angeline), and Felixia John (Carmen Moore), set in the fictional border town of Dry Lake. Freeland renders a visual counternarrative of her hometown, Gallup, New Mexico, featured in an episode of the TV show 20/20 (ABC) that highlighted the alcohol epidemic and gave …
Authors
Watchman R
Journal
Native American and Indigenous Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 29–54
Editors
McDonough K; Lomawaima T
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date
2020
DOI
10.5749/natiindistudj.7.2.0029
ISSN
2332-1261