| Dreamkeeper | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | John Fusco |
| Directed by | Steve Barron |
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| Theme music composer | Stephen Warbeck |
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| Original language | English |
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| Editor | Colin Green |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production company | Hallmark Entertainment |
| Budget | CAD $40 million |
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| Network | ABC |
| Release | December 28, 2003 |
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Dreamkeeper is a 2003 film written by John Fusco and directed by Steve Barron. The main plot of the film is the conflict between a Lakota elder and storyteller named Pete Chasing Horse (August Schellenberg) and his Lakota grandson, Shane Chasing Horse (Eddie Spears).
The plot unwinds as the two travel from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota to the All Nations powwow in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a trip the grandson takes only under duress. Along the way, the grandfather tells his grandson various Indian stories and legends to help him understand and choose the "good red road," i.e. to embrace an Indian identity.