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Navajo (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Navajo' is a 1952 American fictional drama film directed by Norman Foster. It was nominated for two Academy Awards: for Best Documentary Feature (although it's not a documentary) and Best Cinematography. The Academy Film Archive preserved 'Navajo' in 2012.
It is a story about "Son of the Hunter", a seven-year-old Navajo boy whose father abandoned the family, then his 'de facto' grandfather dies. When he goes to the trading post to get help, he is captured by the authorities and is forced to attend a reservation boarding school. While there, his mother and one of his two sisters die of an undiagnosed malady. He escapes from the school and returns to the wilderness to try to live an independent life.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented 8-year-old actor Francis Kee Teller with an honorary award at the 1953 Golden Globe Awards
The film was restored by Kit Parker Films in 2020 and released on home video for the first time. The release includes a 1952 documentary called 'Our Navajo Neighbors.'
Cast
* Hall Bartlett as Indian School Counselor
* Francis Kee Teller as "Son of the Hunter"
* Sammy Ogg as Narrator
* John Mitchell as Grey Singer (the 'de facto' grandfather of "Son of the Hunter")
* Mrs. Kee Teller as "Good Weaver" (the mother of "Son of the Hunter")
* Eloise Teller and Linda Teller as the sisters of "Son of the Hunter"
References
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