“The Only Good Indian,” directed by Kevin Willmott, has been selected as one of the 118 accepted entries among 9,000 submitted to screen at Sundance 2009. Our own Tony Ontiveros and Collin Martin worked on the film as Camera Assistant/Loader and Grip, respectively.

The Only Good Indian is “[s]et in Kansas during the early 1900s, a teenaged Native American boy (newcomer Winter Fox Frank) is taken from his family and forced to attend a distant Indian `training` school to assimilate into White society. When he escapes to return to his family, Sam Franklin (Wes Studi), a bounty hunter of Cherokee descent, is hired to find and return him to the institution. Franklin, a former Indian scout for the U.S. Army, has renounced his Native heritage and has adopted the White Man’s way of life, believing it’s the only way for Indians to survive. Along the way, a tragic incident spurs Franklin’s longtime nemesis, the famous `Indian Fighter` Sheriff Henry McCoy (J. Kenneth Campbell), to pursue both Franklin and the boy.” –Synopsis from The Only Good Indian Official Site

The film is the second Willmott-directed picture to be accepted to Sundance, the first being a mockumentary called “C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America” depicting what America might look like if the South had won the Civil War.

Congratulations to all the local crew and friends who helped make this film possible!

The Only Good Indian – Official Site | IMDB

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