Sheila Tousey
Biography: Sheila May Tousey (born June 4, 1959) is a Native American actress. Tousey is a Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee Native American, raised on both the Menominee and Stockbridge-Munsee reservations. A professional dancer and actress, Tousey began doing pow wows as a small child but did not perform on stage until she attended the University of New Mexico. She initially entered the university's law program, planning to specialize in federal contracts and Native American law, but later changed her major to English, and began taking theater arts courses. After graduation, Tousey enrolled in the graduate acting program at New York University's Tisch School of Arts.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 04, 1960
Deathday: N/A
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Ravenous
1999-03-16
Ravenous
Overview: Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide -- a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.
Genres: Adventure Horror Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-16
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Sparkler
1997-10-01
Sparkler
Overview: Melba is a Californian trailer-park girl who is told to look for three kings by a phone psychic, and when she meets three guys - Trent, Brad and Joel traveling to Las Vegas, she decides they are those kings and joins them on their trip.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-01
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Lord of Illusions
1995-08-25
Lord of Illusions
Overview: During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-25
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Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
1993-01-30
Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Overview: Life in space. Beam-ins. Intergalactic war. What about getting a driver's license or doing the laundry? This one-hour special features dozens of space professionals---from astronauts and life systems engineers to space suit designers, interior decorators and the "Lunar Lettuce Man." A moving story concerning Jaime Escalante and one of his students (Raymond Cruz) is interwoven with imaginative vignettes that explore the humor and drama of day-to-day life away from Earth. A documentary AND fantasy. Shot on video and on film. Guest stars include Kathy Bates, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Pat Morita, Esai Morales, and Billy Bob Thornton.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-30
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Dreamkeeper
2003-12-28
Dreamkeeper
Overview: In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane, who is in trouble owing money to some bad guys, to take his old pony and him to Albuquerque to the great powwow, an Indian meeting. While traveling, Grandpa tells mysterious Indian tales of love, friendship and magic.
Genres: Fantasy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-28
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Silent Tongue
1993-01-28
Silent Tongue
Overview: Mad with grief after the death of his Kiowa wife, Roe awaits death under a tree with her body beside him. She begins to haunt him because he won't bury her. His father, who bought him the wife, thinks her sister might reason with Roe.
Genres: Western Horror Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-28
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Song of Hiawatha
1997-05-31
Song of Hiawatha
Overview: This adaptation of the epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow tells the tale of a mighty Ojibwe leader as he falls in love and strives for peace.
Genres: Drama Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-31
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Skinwalkers
2002-11-02
Skinwalkers
Overview: Faced with the murder of three medicine men, Navajo police must find the culprit. That the murders appear to be the work of a Skinwalker, or bad medicine man, complicate and illuminate the detective's work.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-02
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Johnny Tootall
2005-03-21
Johnny Tootall
Overview: Discharged from Bosnian war, Johnny carries the weight of this war on his shoulders. He left the war with a dark and frightening secret, the murder of a young boy that haunts him. But Johnny carries many demons. The death of his father, running from his destiny as Chief of the Band and abandoning the love of his life. Nevertheless, Johnny must return home, the wolf spirit has called. Upon his return, he finds a new war. His estranged brother is leading his people in a revolt to save their sacred land. Johnny faces a dilemma; does he fight to save his people, or does he save himself? His journey will guide him to realizing that they are the same. In a blink, his world changes and in death, his brother guides him on a spirit walk to meet his destiny as leader of his people.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-21
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Christmas in the Clouds
2001-01-21
Christmas in the Clouds
Overview: A classic comedy of mistaken identity and romance set during the holiday season at a ski resort that is owned and operated by a Native American Nation. Shot on location at The Sundance Resort in Utah, this is the first contemporary romantic comedy to feature an almost entirely American Indian cast. The film was featured at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival.
Genres: Family Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-21
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Grand Avenue
1996-06-30
Grand Avenue
Overview: When Mollie's boyfriend Jack dies on the reservation, she is asked to leave the reservation by her boyfriend's sister for not being one of their own, aside from Mollie's son. Mollie is forced to pack up her belongings and her children and move to northern California, right into a gang infested neighborhood.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-30
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Thunderheart
1992-04-03
Thunderheart
Overview: An FBI man with Sioux background is sent to a reservation to help with a murder investigation, where he has to come to terms with his heritage.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-03
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Backroads
2000-01-19
Backroads
Overview: A lawyer returns to her Cree reservation to defend her sister against murder charges.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-19
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Slaughter of the Innocents
1993-09-17
Slaughter of the Innocents
Overview: A seasoned FBI Agent's child-genius son assists him on catching a child-killer, a schizophrenic mohab nut who believes he's been chosen by god to be a new Noah.
Genres: Horror Action Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-17
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All the Winters that Have Been
1997-09-21
All the Winters that Have Been
Overview: Dane Corvin (Chamberlain) returns to Raven Island where 20 years before he and Helen Raven (Allen) had fallen in love. She vowed never to see him again because he had arrested her brother, who he had been investigating. Dane is now determined to win her back and slowly re-enters her daily life. But Helen has a secret, and unless Dane can forgive her and understand the powerful feelings that motivated her to keep it from him, their fragile relationship will not survive.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-21
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Julius Caesar
2021-03-01
Julius Caesar
Overview: This muscular 2017 production features the signature physical storytelling of director Shana Cooper and choreographer Erika Chong Shuch. Shakespeare's political thriller shows what happens to powerbrokers—honorable and not—when their motives and means lead to unexpected consequences they cannot control.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-01
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Manahatta
2021-03-29
Manahatta
Overview: In this timely world-premiere drama by celebrated playwright, activist and attorney Mary Kathryn Nagle, past and present intertwine. Nagle’s story illuminates the tragic consequences of commercial exploits, including the removal of Native people and the attempted eradication of their culture, that gave rise to the America we know today. Securities trader Jane Snake is torn between worlds. Her return to Wall Street in 2008 brings her to Manahatta (“island of many hills” in Lenape), the homeland her ancestors were violently forced to leave in the 1600s. Meanwhile, her family in Oklahoma struggles to save their language, their culture and their over-mortgaged home. Jane Snake’s return to Manahatta defiantly demonstrates that the Lenape are still here.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-29
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This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
2003-01-01
This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs "The Late Henry Moss"
Overview: Director Michael Almereyda's documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard's stage production of his play "The Late Henry Moss."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Medicine River
1993-01-01
Medicine River
Overview: When photographer Will returns home for his mother's funeral he gets more than he bargained for from a strange cast of characters on the reservation.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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