Misplaced Pages

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article contains promotional content. Please help improve it by removing promotional language and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic text written from a neutral point of view. (December 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Mile Post 398" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Mile Post 398 is a 2007 independent drama film written, directed, and produced by Shonie and Andee De La Rosa, it is also the first featured film in cinema history that was written, produced, directed, filmed and starred in by an all-Navajo team.

It was filmed in Kayenta, Arizona, as well as surrounding locations, Black Mesa, Chinle, Many Farms and Tsegi. It was an official selection of the American Indian Film Festival and Monument Valley Film Festival.

Plot

Taking place on the Navajo Nation, Cloyd Begay (Beau Benally), has been a victim of alcohol abuse and domestic violence throughout his childhood as a result of his resorting to alcohol to repress his memories. As he is willing to take responsibility for his life as a husband and father, Cloyd's drinking buddies Jimmy (Gerald Vandever) and Marty (James Junes) cultivate his continued participation in their carefree lifestyle of drinking and partying, thus preventing him from making significant changes. All the while, his wife Lorraine (Kim White) and son Michael (KJ White) begin to lose hope in him and seriously consider leaving him. As the ensuing events unfold, it leads him to make a life-changing choice.

Cast

Awards

See also

• G, a documentary on methamphetamine use on the Navajo Nation, by the same filmmakers
• James & Ernie, a Navajo comedy duo

References

1. "Mile Post 398 world premiere packs house in Kayenta".
2. Rosa, Andee De La; Rosa, Shonie De La (2007-01-06), Mile Post 398 (Drama), retrieved 2023-02-01
3. "Mile Post 398". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2023-02-01.

External links

• Mile Post 398 – 32nd American Indian Film Festival
• Mile Post 398 world premiere packs house in Kayenta
• Talking Stick Film Festival
• Newspaper Rock

• 2007 films
• 2007 drama films
• American independent films
• Navajo-language films
• Films about Native Americans
• Films set on the Navajo Nation
• Films set in Arizona
• Films shot in Arizona
• American drama films
• 2007 independent films
• 2000s English-language films
• 2000s American films
• 2007 multilingual films
• American multilingual films
• English-language drama films
• English-language independent films