screenshots / Unbowed / 1999 Filmanthropic

An unlikely romance develops between a Lakota warrior (Jay Tavare) and a young black woman (Tembi Locke) after three Lakota Sioux men enroll in an historically black college.

Jay Tavare (Waka Mani) later film appearances include Escape to Grizzly Mountain (2000), Pathfinder (2007), and Bone Tomahawk (2015).

The cast also included actor Orson Bean, who was a regular on the TV western series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993-1998).

Winner of the 1999 Best Film and Best Actor (Jay Tavare) awards at the American Indian Film Festival's (AIFF) American Indian Motion Picture Awards.

The production filmed in California.