Movie Description:
In the shadow of Mt. Rushmore, one of America`s favorite tourist attractions, lies one of her poorest counties, The Pine Ridge IndianReservation. For Police officerRudy Yellow Lodge, the painful legacy of Indian existence is brought home every night as he locks up drunk anddisorderly Indians, which frequently includes his own brother, Mogie. Rudy`s frustration with the alcoholism on the `rez` leads him totake the law into his own hands, but histrail of vengeance endstragically when he unwittingly injures Mogie. Ironically, their relationship achievesredemption after Rudy`s tragic error in judgement, and the brothers begin the process of mending their fractured relationship. Ultimately, Rudy is able to honor his big brother, as well as his people, with one exhilarating and life-affirmingact of defiance, revealing theredemptive power of the love between twobrothers.
