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Smoke Signals

Series: Big Read

The Library opens a month-long series of film screenings in conjunction with Big Read 2022 with Smoke Signals (1998, PG-13, 89 min.), the first feature-length movie written, directed, co-produced, and performed by Native Americans.

Adapted by screenwriter Sherman Alexie from his book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, it’s the story of an emotionally closed young man on Idaho's Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation who travels with a nerdy, irritating friend to Arizona to settle the affairs of his recently deceased, alcoholic father. The road trip becomes a voyage of self-discovery.

The film was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”

Big Read 2022 revolves around the first Native American to serve as U.S. poet laureate, Joy Harjo, and her acclaimed book An American Sunrise. The nearly two-month initiative is a celebration of poetry and reading, as well as Native American literature and culture.


Explore Big Read 2022 at kclibrary.org/bigread.

Big Read 2022

Upcoming in this series:
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Adults
Gracie Caggiano in Concert
Central Library |
April 27 |
2:00pm
Adults
'Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution' Film Screenin...
North-East Branch |
April 29 |
5:30pm
Adults
Ruiz Readers Book Group
Irene H. Ruiz Branch |
May 1 |
6:00pm
1
May
Shelf Life: A Big Read Storytelling Event
Plaza Branch |
6:30pm
Watch or Listen to Past Events in this Series:
18
Oct
Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in V...
Plaza Branch |
6:30pm
27
Sep
Writers at War: Literature and the Wartime Experie...
Central Library |
6:30pm
24
Sep
Lady at the O.K. Corral: The True Story of Josephi...
Plaza Branch |
6:30pm
6
Apr
Housekeeping Tips from Michael Dirda
Central Library |
8:30pm
smoke signals

Smoke Signals

Series: Big Read
Date & Location
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In Person
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Adults