Neither Wolf Nor Dog

A really lovely, thoughtful movie.

There's far too many moments where the script demands that Kent remind everyone "not all white men" that any appearance of care or understanding is quickly wiped away.

While this effort from filmmaker Steven Lewis Simpson is somewhat lacking in technical polish, it boasts an undeniable emotional power and authenticity.

[An] earnest but sometimes laboured road movie.

The film is often moving, and some of the performances have a depth and naturalness.

The presence of [David William Beautiful] Bald Eagle, sadly, isn't enough to save this movie. It's just enough to make me sad that I wasn't seeing a documentary about his life.

the film pays off extravagantly, and, also like Nerburn, you'll be sad when your time with Dan and his extended family is over, and you've been sent back to your regular life.

In many ways, the hubris and folly of the [Founding] Fathers are placed under high scrutiny in writer/director Steven Lewis Simpson's (A Thunder-Being Nation) Neither Wolf Nor Dog, an adaptation of the novel by Kent Nerburn.

If you are patient, this film will gently ask you to re-think the history you learned and the cultural bias that surrounds us.

Drifting tantalisingly like a Native American variation on David Lynch's The Straight Story, this poignant insight into the legacy of centuries of racist brutality reaches a shattering climax at the site of the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee...