Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 02/28/2006
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD2/DD5.1
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Suitable for Teens
Distributor/Studio: Showtime Entertainment
Native American filmmaker
Chris Eyre directs the made-for-TV
sports drama Edge of America, based on a true story and shot entirely in Salt Lake City, UT.
James McDaniel plays
Mr. Kenny Williams, a black man from Texas who moves out to Utah to accept a position as an English teacher at the Three Nations Reservation. He has a difficult time fitting in with the tight-knit Native American community, especially when he's asked to coach the high school girls' basketball team. He has to struggle with getting the hapless team back in shape to play against the nearby all-white high school. Also starring
Irene Bedard,
Tim Daly, and
Wes Studi.
Edge of America premiered in the U.S. at the
Sundance Film Festival in 2004.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide