BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING

Saturday, October 19
5:00pm
Harvard Exit Theatre

THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING (writer/director Sherman Alexie’s first film since the 1998 smash hit SMOKE SIGNALS) is a poetic story of growth, death, and the choices that define us. Set in the world of the Spokane Reservation, the film depicts the troubled reunion of best friends Aristotle Joseph (Gene Tagaban) and Seymour Polatkin (SMOKE SIGNALS’ Evan Adams) sixteen years after their high school graduation. While Seymour flourished in college and embraced the advantages and opportunities of the white world, Aristotle dropped out and chose a more violent path. The rift between the two former friends has deepened as Seymour has become a successful poet, and (as Aristotle describes him) "the little public relations warrior" and the not-entirely willing spokesman for all American Indians, many of whom can’t stomach him. Complicating Seymour’s life further is the news of the sudden death of his childhood friend, Mouse (Swil Kanim), a talented violinist and the cynical jester of the rez. Seymour feels obligated to return for the first time in years to the people who would probably prefer that he just stay away. Meanwhile, his white lover Steven, is also ambivalent about Seymour revisiting his past, wondering how it will complicate their present.

THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING; Sherman Alexie, director; 2001; USA; 103 minutes; 35mm

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