Michael Greyeyes, a Cree Indian from Canada, plays an Ojibwe man who has lived since childhood with a haunting secret in “Wild Indian.”
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Lyle Corbine Jr. remembers clearly the day his mother brought home a copy of the Bill Murray film “Lost in Translation.”
He was maybe 13 years old, and the movie connected with the Bad River native in an unexpected way.
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Oscar-nominee Jesse Eisenberg agreed to work essentially for free in “Wild Indian” because he liked the script, which will compete this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Charles Sykes
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