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Richard Friedenberg scripted and made his directorial debut with this adaptation of Forrest Carter's 1992 award-winning coming-of-age novel detailing the Depression-era boyhood of an orphaned Cherokee, eight-year-old Little Tree (Joseph Ashton). Raised and tutored by his grandparents (Tantoo Cardinal, James Cromwell) in the Smokey Mountains of the 1930s, Little Tree encounters difficulties after authorities force him to attend the Notched Gap Indian School. Friedenberg later received an Oscar
PG, 1 hr. 52 min.
Jun 1, 1997 Wide
Mar 12, 2002
Paramount Home Video
All Critics (25) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (7) | DVD (4)
Earnest but evocative, and in moments touching, chronicle of the turbulent childhood of a Cherokee orphan during the Depression.
Builds an honest, natural poignance that would not have been achieved through hollow melodramatics.
A compelling, mostly positive story, despite Little Tree's bad luck.
Pays homage to the spiritual elders who help us to find our place in the world.
The characters are complex enough to pose important questions, yet the themes are sufficiently straightforward for youngsters to learn and enjoy.
The film takes a historical look at what Charaokee Indians had went through during some of there early struggle (through stories) and there continuing struggle well into 1930s (the actual time-frame of the movie). It's an interesting film with some interesting facts and insight into a time for the indian ancestors
October 9, 2008Super Reviewer
A GREAT FILM ABOUT A YOUNG BOY WHO LEARNS THAT HE'S PART NATIVE AMERICAN WHEN HE'S ORPHANED AND GOES TO LIVE WITH HIS WHITE GRANDFATHER AND INDIAN GRANDMOTHER. A SAD YET BEAUTIFUL STORY ABOUT THE RACIST WORLD HE FACES IN THE 1930S IN AMERICA. JOSEPH ASHTON DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB OF PORTRAYING LITTLE TREE RODNEY KNOLTON
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