![]() ![]() ![]() When he escapes to return to his family, Sam Franklin ( Wes Studi), a bounty hunter of Cherokee descent, is hired to find and return him to the school.įranklin, a former Indian scout for the U.S. A Kickapoo youth (newcomer Winter Fox Frank) is taken from his family and forced to attend a distant Indian boarding school, designed to achieve to his assimilation into White society. The story is set in Kansas during the early 1900s. The film won Willmott "Best Director" honors at the American Indian Film Festival, as well as acting honors for Wes Studi and Winter Fox Frank in his debut as the Kickapoo youth. The film was shot almost entirely in Kansas-the only exception being a scene at Missouri's Ha Ha Tonka State Park -featuring locations such as the Monument Rocks and Fort Larned.įilming took place in 2007-2008, and the movie premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, subsequently showing at other film festivals. The Only Good Indian is a 2009 American independent Western film directed by Kevin Willmott. ![]()
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