The Exiles

1961

Drama

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 71% · 38 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 71% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1545 1.5K

native american

Plot summary

The story of one night in the lives of a group of young Native American men and women who have left their reservations and are now living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles.

Director

Kent Mackenzie Photo
Kent Mackenzie

Top cast

Yvonne Williams Photo
Yvonne Williams as Yvonne
Tom Reynolds Photo
Tom Reynolds as Tommy
Homer Nish Photo
Homer Nish as Homer
Rico Rodriguez Photo
Rico Rodriguez as Rico
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
669.85 MB
962*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
Seeds 3
1.21 GB
1444*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 12 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by planktonrules 6 / 10

Good but a bit tedious...

This is a film that certainly won't appeal to the average person. However, despite this, it is an interesting and important film. The movie began as a school project at USC and eventually resulted in this small-time picture. It's about a group of displaced American-Indians who are living in Los Angelese. Unfortunately, their sense of purpose and work ethic have become lost in the transition from the reservation. This film documents a 24-hour stretch in their rather purposeless lives. As a piece of history and commentary it's very important stuff, though it's also the type stuff that is dreadfully dry. Seeing people going about their lives as you hear voice-overs and see dialog crudely inserted (it almost never matched the lip movements of the characters and was sloppy) becomes a bit of a drag after a while. A noble fictionalized documentary but one for which you really have to have a lot of patience in order to enjoy.
Reviewed by non_sportcardandy 8 / 10

A bit of history worth watching

The main good points I'd like to pass on are for the benefit of those not having seen this movie.The older you are the more you may like seeing this on location film from 1961.Even for someone like me not familiar with the film location there will be things to remember,the cars,advertising,beer bottles,etc.Probably the most important point to the movie is that these Native Americans are in a new enviorment having come from the reservation,something different for that time period.The movie reflects their being between two different worlds. One of my favorite parts is when about three Indians enter a bar and greet many there warmly and one at a time. It's worth it to see the movie for the reasons previously mentioned.That being said I couldn't watch this movie without pondering questions..How much of the movie is reality? How much is drama? Is this a Friday night or every night/morning? Where does the money come from? Are they all from the same tribe? Not trying to pass off myself as a Native American expert/I speak the language but from the ones I've known it seems like at times different tribes don't get along.That's why I was wondering if the large groups in the movie were all from the same tribe.Despite the unanswered questions it's an interesting film.
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