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Article: `It takes an Indian to tell Indian stories'; When filmmaker Chris Eyre journeyed to the Pine Ridge Reservation for "Skins," he found not only poverty, but a wealth of human spirit.(VARIETY / FREETIME)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- October 11, 2002
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Byline: Jeff Strickler; Staff Writer
Chris Eyre divides Hollywood's depiction of American Indians into two eras.
"Before the 1960s, all the Indians were savages," he said. "After the 1960s, they became icons. I liked `Dances With Wolves.' I thought it was a good movie. But those aren't the Indians I know."
The director, whose drama "Skins" opens today, wants to make movies about real Indians. Or, as he puts it, real people who just happen to be Indians.
Eyre, of Cheyenne and Arapaho descent, won two awards at the Sundance Film Festival for his 1998 feature debut, "Smoke Signals." He said he doesn't expect Hollywood to make realistic ...