THE BUSINESS OF FANCY DANCING
Director: Sherman Alexie Run Time: 103 min. Release Year: 2002
Starring: Evan Adams, Gene Tagaban, Michelle St. John, Rebecca Carroll, Swil Kanim
Since their high school graduation, former Spokane Reservation best friends Seymour (Evan Adams, Smoke Signals) and Aristotle (Gene Tagaban) have taken different paths. Both ventured off to college in Seattle, but while Seymour embraced the opportunities of the white world, Aristotle returned home embittered. Sixteen years later, they are brought together following the sudden death of an old childhood buddy. Seymour, now an openly gay poet and unofficial spokesman for Native American, is met with resentment on “the rez.” As the wake, tensions are heightened, and Aristotle’s long festering bitterness is dangerously exposed.
“A film with a totally open heart and showcases a bravura centerpiece performance by Evan Adams.” – Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
“An often affecting melodrama…fragmented, like a poem.”– Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
“Bristles with passion and intelligence.”– Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
“The anger and betrayal hanging in the wake of shattered relationships and conflicted identities leave an admirable untidiness where most films would force resolution.”– – Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Told with a haunting honesty.”– Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times