A Thousand Roads

Jan 23, 2005

0h 40m

★ 8.0

Though we journey down a thousand roads, all our roads lead home.

Overview

The film threads together four stories, taking us into the life of a stressed-out Mohawk stockbroker in Manhattan; a young Inupiat girl sent to live with her grandmother in Barrow, Alaska; a Navajo gang member who must find his core values in his reservation on the mesas of New Mexico; and a Quechua healer in Peru, attempting to save a sick child. Each story explores what it means to belong to a specific community.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Mandalay Entertainment

Seven Arrows Multimedia

Telenova Productions

A Thousand Roads Trailers

Cast

Narrator (voice)

John Trudell

Amanda Cook

Alex Rice

Johnny Chee

Jeremiah Bitsui

Johnny Chee's Girlfriend

Candice Costello

Geraldine Keams

Dawn

Riana Malabed

Honorato Nanatay

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