The Exiles

THE EXILES-1961-This documentary style drama depicts 12 hours in the lives of some American Indians living in a rundown area of Los Angeles. One character Yvonne sadly reflects on her life, pregnancy and marriage to Homer her unemployed husband who spends most of his time drinking with his friends,fighting and hitting on women while neglecting her. Most of the main characters expound on their lives past and present and their feelings and needs. It's well done and honest but bleak. At the end as the sun raises one character says "Let's do it again tonight!". Director Kent MacKenzie only made a few documentaries after this. He died in 1960.

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