Evan Adams

Nacimiento : 1966-11-15,

Historia

Evan Adams is an Aboriginal Canadian actor, playwright, and physician. A Coast Salish from the Sliammon First Nation near Powell River, British Columbia, he is best known internationally for his roles in the films of Sherman Alexie, as Thomas Builds-the-Fire in the 1998 film Smoke Signals and Seymour Polatkin in the 2002 film The Business of Fancydancing.

Películas

Indian Road Trip
Casper Manywords
When two unruly Native con-artists are forced to drive a cranky elder across the reserve so she can make peace with her long estranged and dying sister, it quickly becomes clear that a supernatural force is trying to halt the journey.
Kayak to Klemtu
Dave
14-year-old Ella is determined to travel the length of the Inside Passage, along the shores of the Great Bear Rainforest by kayak in order to testify against a proposed pipeline that would see oil tanker traffic through her beloved homeland waters.
Negra Navidad
Doctor
En una residencia universitaria varias estudiantes se disponen a pasar las fiestas de Navidad. La residencia fue en el pasado el hogar de Billy, un niño con una infancia terrible y al que todo el mundo considera muerto. Una extraña llamada de teléfono, realizada desde el interior de la casa, marca el comienzo de una serie de horrendos crímenes. Remake del filme homónimo de Bob Clark (1974). (FILMAFFINITY)
The Business of Fancydancing
Seymour Polatkin
Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Indian poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.
Lakota Moon
Throws it Down
This movie depicts the life of a small Indian tribe, in a time shortly before the white men became a threat. In the focus of the story is the young Skywalker, who woos cute Morning Sun, but can't seem to convince her father of his qualities. When the outcast Kayowa attack the camp, he hopes for an opportunity to impress him.
Señales de humo
Thomas Builds-the-Fire
Una reserva india. Victor Joseph recibe la noticia de la muerte de su padre, que les abandonó a él y a su madre hace años. Sin muchas ganas, emprende el viaje para hacerse cargo de los restos de su padre. Le acompaña un tipo con un don para la narración, que le costea el viaje. Este interesante drama sigue la vida de los indios americanos en la actualidad, un tema poco explorado en el cine.
Lost in the Barrens II: The Curse of the Viking Grave
Awasis
An archaeological expedition journeys to Manitoba, Canada, in search of a legendary crucifix supposedly buried in an ancient Viking grave.
Lost in the Barrens
Awasis
The story of two very different boys in the Canadian wilderness. They must learn to depend on each other in order to survive.
Toby McTeague
Jacob
Toby is a teenager who doesn't care much about school. In fact, he has his eyes on the title of a prestigious dog-sleigh race. He will have to undergo extensive training in order to win it.