Description:

The Exiles chronicles one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows a group of exiles - transplants from Southwest reservations - as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance.

After graduating USC in 1956, Kent Mackenzie began to hang around with a group of young Indians in downtown Los Angeles. Je then asked them to collaborate on a film that would present a realistic portrayal of Indian life in the community. In 1961, it was finished, but it was rarely seen for nearly fifty years.

With UCLA Film & Television Archive's magnificent restoration and Milestone's 2008 release, The Exiles stunned the film world. It introduced a filmmaker of incredible talent and insight. Gritty, realistic, beautifully photographed, energized by the brilliant rock 'n' roll score by Norman Knowles and The Revels, The Exiles is a cinematic miracle.

Special Features:

• Four short films directed by Kent Mackenzie including Bunker Hill 1956
• Clips from Thom Andersen's masterpiece, Los Angeles Play itself
• Commentary Track: Watching The Exiles with author Sherman Alexie and critic Sean Axmaker
• Last Day of Angels Flight, A short film by Robert Kirste
• Bunker Hill: A Take of Urban Renewal, A short film by Greg Kimble
• WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show with presenters Sherman Alexie and Charles Burnett
• The Mackenzie Files: The Papers of Kent Mackenzie including his master's thesis on the making of The Exiles
• The "lost" Jug Band Man script - Kent Mackenzie's unfinished last film