Miss Navajo (2012)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 53M
Director : Billy Luther
Sinopsis
The role of women and tradition in Dine (Navajo) culture is explored through a young girl's quest for the Miss Navajo Nation crown.
Los Hoover son una familia conflictiva: el abuelo esnifa cocaína y suelta palabrotas, el padre da cursos sobre el éxito con estrepitoso fracaso, la madre no da abasto, el tío se recupera de un suicidio frustrado al ser abandonado por su novio, el hijo adolescente lee a Nietzsche y se niega a hablar, y la hija pequeña, Olive, gafotas y ligeramente gordinflona, quiere ser una belleza. Cuando un golpe de suerte lleva a Olive a ser invitada a participar en el muy competitivo concurso de 'Pequeña Miss Sunshine' en California, toda la familia Hoover se reúne para ir con ella. Se apilan en su oxidada furgoneta Volkswagen y se dirigen hacia el Oeste en un trágicómico periplo de tres días lleno de locas sorpresas que les lleva al gran debut de Olive, el cual cambiará a esta familia de inadaptados de una forma que nunca hubieran imaginado.
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