Imprint (2007/I)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Michael Linn

Writers:

Keith Davenport (writer)
Michael Linn (writer)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Can You Hear Their Cries?

Plot:

Shayla Stonefeather, a Native American attorney prosecuting a Lakota teen in a controversial murder trial...

Plot Keywords:

Trial | Dying Father | Dream | Wolf | Funeral

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Tonantzin Carmelo	...	Shayla Stonefeather
Carla-Rae Holland	...	Rebecca Stonefeather
Michael Spears	...	Tom Greyhorse
Cory Brusseau	...	Jonathan Freeman
Charlie White Buffalo	...	Sam Stonefeather
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dave Bald Eagle	...	Medicine Man
Mark Barnes	...	Jury Foreman
Emmanuel Black Bear	...	Birthday-Party Musician
Tim Black Bear	...	Birthday-Party Musician
Joseph Medicine Blanket	...	Robbie Whiteshirt
Pony Boy	...	Spirit Horse
Russell Chewey	...	Frank Whiteshirt
Tokala Clifford	...	Nathaniel Stonefeather (as Gerald Tokala Clifford)
Jennifer Dowling	...	Denver 3 Reporter
Gary Garnette	...	Lakota Tribal Policeman
Niels Jeppesen	...	Defense Attorney
Beau Little Sky	...	Lakota Tribal Policeman
Brandon McBride	...	Birthday-Party Musician
Scott Means	...	Lakota Tribal Policeman
Juan Mesteth	...	Birthday-Party Musician
Alec Morgan	...	Lakota Tribal Policeman
Robert Old Horse	...	Street Person
Shad Olson	...	Webcast Reporter
Shahiyela Pourier-Eyre	...	Young Girl at Party
Paul Weiler	...	Defense Attorney

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, some frightening images and drug references.

Runtime:

USA:84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, USA

Company:

Linn Productions

I found this movie very enjoyable.

This movie started out by moving from the modern life in the city to the Indian reservation of the main character. I don't know how much of what was portrayed is true and what is fiction. I assume the story was fiction. On one hand it is a study of guilt and what it can lead to. On the other hand it is a study of possible religious beliefs of this tribe of Indians and the upbringing of the main character. The tribe's Medicine man didn't have to do much acting as he was a natural for the part. He looked like Little Jimmy Dickens when I first saw him but of course he wasn't. The acting was OK but the story line and mysticism kept me involved with the story till the end. One thing I never did figure out was the roll of the wolf. This movie is a little old but if you get a chance to see it, take it. It will be worth your while.