A Thousand Roads

Though we journey down a thousand roads, all our roads lead home.

8.0/10200540mReleased

Drama

The film threads together four stories, taking us into the life of a stressed-out Mohawk stockbroker in Manhattan; a young Inupiat girl sent to live with her grandmother in Barrow, Alaska; a Navajo gang member who must find his core values in his reservation on the mesas of New Mexico; and a Quechua healer in Peru, attempting to save a sick child. Each story explores what it means to belong to a specific community.

Released: Jan 23, 2005

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Top Cast

John Trudell

Narrator (voice)

Alex Rice

Amanda Cook

Jeremiah Bitsui

Johnny Chee

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