Synopsis: N. Scott Momaday collaborated on this screenplay to bring his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to life. This film brings to light the experiences of a Native American who is displaced by the injustices prevalent in modern American society. Abel has a series of mystical visions of his ancestors... N. Scott Momaday collaborated on this screenplay to bring his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to life. This film brings to light the experiences of a Native American who is displaced by the injustices prevalent in modern American society. Abel has a series of mystical visions of his ancestors which lead him to kill a white man. Momaday weaves a poignant and often painful tale of misunderstanding as he relates the trials of Abel struggling to survive in the jungle of prison, and later Los Angeles. [More]