Dance Me Outside

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Dance Me Outside ★★½ 1995 (R)

Native Canadian teens look for some excitement on their Northern Ontario reservation and find themselves cut off from their tradition-bound parents in this slice of life drama. Friends Silas and Blackie plot revenge against a white who murdered a native girl while Silas' sister Illianna comes to visit from Toronto, with her Yuppie lawyer husband, just as her ex-boyfriend returns from a prison stint. Based on the novel by W.P. Kinsella. 91m/C VHS . CA Ryan Black, Adam Beach, Michael Greyeyes, Lisa La-croix; D: Bruce McDonald; W: Bruce McDonald, Don McKellar, John Frizzell. Genie '95: Film Editing.

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