Wichita-made 'Sleepdancer' sneaks tonight at Orpheum (fwd)

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Posted on Fri, Sep. 23, 2005
 
Wichita-made 'Sleepdancer' sneaks tonight at Orpheum
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"Sleepdancer," the second feature from award-winning Wichita filmmaker 
Rod Pocowatchit, will be given a sneak preview at 7:30 p.m. today at 
the Orpheum Theatre at First and Broadway.

Tickets are $6 for adults and $5 for students, seniors and military. 
Pocowatchit will conduct a Q&A with audience members after the film.

The 90-minute drama is about love, loss, fractured family and the 
strength it takes to rediscover hope.

It's told through the eyes of a coroner's investigator who tries to 
unravel the story of a mute Native American man (played by filmmaker 
Pocowatchit himself) whose father has just died.

When the mute's embittered brother shows up, the coroner finds himself 
in the middle of a family war.

Also appearing in the film are Pocowatchit's brother, Guy Ray 
Pocowatchit, and Mark Wells.

Music in the film is provided by Wichita artist Gooding with 
traditional Indian songs by the Lawrence-based group, Tha Tribe.

The film, made entirely in Wichita, is unrated but contains adult 
language and situations.

Tonight's sneak gives Wichitans a chance to see the film first before 
it is submitted to various film festivals.

Pocotwatchit's first feature, "Dancing on the Moon," received a similar 
preview at the Orpheum in 2002 for local audiences before making a 
splash at festivals as far away as Canada and Italy.

Pocowatchit, who also works as a designer for The Eagle, has made four 
short films and received a special jury prize as promising newcomer at 
a San Francisco festival in 2003 for his first feature.
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