With an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father suddenly dies. The loss prompts Johnny to strike out for Los Angeles, but would mean leaving behind his beloved sister.... (Full plot summary below)
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With an older brother in jail and living with their single mother on Pine Ridge Reservation, Johnny and his sister Jashuan's lives develop new challenges when their absentee cowboy father suddenly dies. The loss prompts Johnny to strike out for Los Angeles, but would mean leaving behind his beloved sister.
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| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertThe cast, composed almost entirely of first-time performers, shows that the most delightful talents don't always belong to lifelong actors. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA Native-American brother and sister try in their own ways to find where they belong. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenYou come at the story, such as it is, as a visitor from the outside world, picking up information as the movie goes along. This approach impedes comprehension, and at moments you may be tempted to sit back and not try to make the pieces fit. For those unwilling to make the effort, Songs My Brothers Taught Me has other rewards. |
| AV ClubMike D'AngeloViewers will be torn between admiring its laid-back naturalism and wishing it possessed just a little more oomph. |
| WBAI RadioPrairie MillerAn outsider looking in voyeurism veering offensively close to being more about the filmmaker's fixation on her immigrant alienation - if not a blatant exotic poverty porn aesthetic - than the brutal internal isolation of her subjects absent of causality. |
| Eye for FilmAmber WilkinsonZhao is in no hurry, allowing the sense of life in Pine Ridge to seep in to the bones of the film. |
| Gay City NewsSteve Erickson... shows the potential indie cinema still holds to offer an alternative vision of our country. |
| San Diego CityBeatGlenn Heath Jr.Zhao, a first time filmmaker, patiently observes these conundrums rather than passing judgment, and her stellar cast of non-professional actors delivers a great ensemble performance. |
| RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireThe story’s ending, complete with lyrical voice-over, conveys the beauty and emotional attraction of the place and its traditions, virtues also relayed by Joshua James Richard’s sumptuous, sometimes breathtaking cinematography. |
| The NationStuart KlawansThe film is exceptionally rich -- by turns raw, dreamy, harsh, sensuous, touching, intimate, garrulous, and elliptical. |
