Product Details

• Actors: Irene Bedard, Tantoo Cardinal, Eloy Casados, Alexis Cruz, Deeny Dakota
• Directors: Daniel Sackheim
• Writers: Greg Sarris
• Producers: Andrew Pfeffer, Greg Sarris, Janace Tashjian, Paul Aaron, Rachel Pfeffer
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: October 19, 2000
• Run Time: 24 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000JWYB
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,425 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grand Avenue, January 19, 2000

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Jed Riffe (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grand Avenue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Grand Avenue An HBO Original Series written and produced by Greg Sarris, executive producer Robert Redford.

This powerful dramatic series tells the story of several generations of American Indians, Portuguese, Mexicans and African Americans who reside on Grand Avenue in real-life Santa Rosa, California. Based on the best-selling book by the same name, Greg Sarris takes the viewer deep inside the compelling world of mult-cultural America in the 21st Century. Winner of the Best Feature Film award at the American Indian Film Festival

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A VIEW OF THE REAL AMERICA!, June 1, 2002

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michael schulz (santa rosa, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grand Avenue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I stumbled blindly upon this film, channel surfing one nite some years ago, and immediately found the next time it would air and recorded it for - what one might call - future posterity. GRAND AVENUE has made me cry, laugh, but mostly think. My sister and I are Native American on our mother's side. It is her birthday and I was trying to think of something special for her. As I write this, I am dubbing a copy for her. It is ironic that I moved to Santa Rosa 12 years ago, and since living here have found that many movies were filmed here or in this area. But one does not have to live here to appreciate what a great movie is all about. GRAND AVENUE (co-produced by Robert Redford)is a powerful, shocking, and enlightening look into the lives and culture of our country's real fore-fathers (and mothers/brothers/sisters}. I applaud HBO for courageously giving this incredible odyssey to us, but wonder why they have not shared it with us again in over 3 years. I could rave on, but there is only one way to experience GRAND AVENUE -- see it! And seeing will be believing, and realizing that the truth is not Walt Disney or even CNN. The truth is in our own backyards ... and in this masterpiece of cinema. [For the curious who ask "what's it like?" - it is reminiscent (in an Indian kind of way) to John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood.] If you're tired of sit-coms & fluff, fluff up your pillow and prepare yourself for something very, very special.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong showing of contemporary Indian life, March 17, 2002

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Scott Woods (Columbus, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grand Avenue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

An Indian family moves off of the rez and onto Grand Avenue, siutated in a neighborhood made up of various cultures and histories. The general tone of the film seems almost After School Special-like until someone gets into a cussing match or has sex in the backseat of a car. Not that that's all bad; the movie has a great many important messages and great stories woven throughout, and pays off for the serious drama fan looking for a fresh course. The acting is good across the board and the different threads of the characters' lives don't get muddled, which is surprising since the ensemble is so large.

Check it out. It's good stuff.