Billed as the first feature film written and directed by Native Americans, Smoke Signals is a modest, winning drama that explores a heritage of struggles in the context of a road movie. Adam Beach and Evan Adams play two young men who leave life on the reservation behind on a journey to confront their past. "àa shrewd portrait, sly, casual, yet palpably authentic, of the way members of any minority try to respond to an uncomprehending world" (Richard Schickel, Time). Winner of the Audience Award and the Filmmaker's Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.  Chris Eyre---USA---1998---89 mins.