The Stone Child Short Film PT2

After a painful divorce, Mathew, an 11-year-old Lakota Native-American boy, goes out to eat with his father, Ray, at an all-white restaurant in rural South Dakota when all hell breaks loose. Old wounds rupture, and Ray pushes Mathew further and further away, into the freedom of a new terrain -- the Badlands. Finally, desperate acts bring Mathew face to face with his own inner strengths, and with this discovery come the tools to build a kind of home only before glimpsed in dreams.

The Stone Child" Feature Film is currently looking for investors. The story takes place in Salt Lake City and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and tells the story of an 11-year old Lakota boy struggling for identity as he is torn between the two worlds of his Mormon mother and Native-American father. The script was Shortlisted at the 2002 & 2004 Sundance Institute Feature Film Program and was awarded Quarter-Finalist at the Slamdance Script Competition and the Page International Screenwriting Awards. The Stone Child was also an Official Selection and was awarded Semi-Finalist at the 28th Annual IFP Market in New York City. The film will star Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene whose credits include TransAmerica and Dances With Wolves, Eric Schweig Last of the Mohicans and Simon Baker Smoke Signals. Richard Halsey, Academy Award Winning editor of Rocky, will edit, and Hershel Yatovitz, lead guitarist for Chris Isaak will compose music. Chris Martini spent years researching and writing the script, which led him to Salt Lake City and Pine Ridge Reservation, where he formed a circle of allies both on and off the reservation, as well as sponsoring a Lakota child, Kestral Falcon Little. While at the IFP Market, Chris had an epiphany and quickly arranged a fundraiser in order to make a short based on the feature. The word spread through the Native community and Chris found art pouring in from Native artists all over the country, as well as Native musicians to perform. With the money raised, Chris set out for South Dakota where he shot the short version with a splinter crew, led by Larry Pourier, Skins, and shot by AFI alumni John Rotan Pearl Diver, on Super 16mm. The Stone Child short film was shot entirely with non-professional Native-American actors and was selected in 2007 and 2008 for a total of twenty-one US Film Festivals, was Nominated for Best Native-American Film at the 2008 Trail Dance Film Festival and won the Bronze Remi at the 2008 Worldfest Houston International Film Festival. The Stone Child Short Film is currently being distributed by Hastings Entertainment and is part of the permanent video collection at the Heard Museum in Arizona.

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[PowwowTime]

So, what's the status of the full film? Is there a release date in sight?

[triplemartini]

Thanks for your interest. We are seeking investors currently for the Feature version. Stay Tuned!

[triplemartini]

Did you watch part 1? It's a short film based on a feature film that I am trying to get financing for. It's a great story, and one worth telling. The feature version goes much more into depth.

Thanks for watching!

[lost619]

Really good

[Meddy38]

Am I supposed to feel sorry for this father because his life wasn't rosy? If we could all justify our actions based on that, we would need more prisons. Hypocrisy makes you no different than the perpetrator. This guy is abusive and there is NO excuse for his behavior. Providing him with an excuse perpetuates abuse. I don't feel sorry for this father. The only person I feel sorry for is the child who is forced to choose between the two because adults can't act like adults.

[rasouza2002]

I think that this is really beautiful. The kid is amazing

This trailer doesn't tell me enough, but my god it is beautiful!!!!

[acerb45666555]

3:36....theres always traditionals around the bush, so someone will bring the kid home.

[roobaby44]

One has to shudder wondering what happened to this kid in the freezing cold out in the middle of no where. I want to see more!

The young man who plays Matthew is excellent. There has to be more to this story than what I just watched. Gimme more!