Neither Wolf Nor Dog(Movie, 2016)

Neither Wolf Nor Dog is a feature film from Scottish director Steven Lewis Simpson, adapted from Kent Nerburn's novel of the same name, which won a Minnesota Book Awards in 1995. The film's festival premiere was at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2016. Simpson released it himself directly into US cinemas in 2017 and it was still in first-run cinemas in 2019, which makes it the longest first-run theatrical release in the US in over a decade. Due to the success of his self-distributed release, Simpson was asked to give a TEDx Talk on his innovative distribution model. The film stars Chief Dave Bald Eagle in the lead role as a Lakota elder. He was 95 years old at the time of filming and it was his first starring role in a film. The film also stars Christopher Sweeney as Nerburn, Richard Ray Whitman as Grover, Roseanne Supernault as the twins Wenonah and Danelle, Tatanka Means as Delvin, Zahn McClarnon as Billy, and Harlen Standing Bear, Sr, as Jumbo. The film was primarily shot on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which borders South Dakota and Nebraska, and had scenes shot in Los Angeles and Rushville, Nebraska. One scene was shot in the same remote trailer house as a sce... ()