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Skinwalkers is a 2002 mystery television film based on the novel of the same name by Tony Hillerman, one of his series of mysteries set against contemporary Navajo life in the Southwest. It features an all-Native cast, with Adam Beach and Wes Studi playing officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn. [1]
Adam Beach (born November 11, 1972) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Victor Joseph in Smoke Signals; Frank Fencepost in Dance Me Outside; Tommy on Walker, Texas Ranger; Kickin' Wing in Joe Dirt; U.S. Marine Corporal Ira Hayes in Flags of Our Fathers; Private Ben Yahzee in Windtalkers; Dr. Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; NYPD Detective Chester ...
The novel was adapted for television in the 2002 film Skinwalkers, airing on PBS's series Mystery!. [9] The plot has some changes from the novel, as all the victims are medicine men. It was well received. [10] It gained the most viewers of any PBS show in 2002. [11] The film starred Adam Beach as Jim Chee and Wes Studi as Joe Leaphorn.
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; A Thief of Time (2004) and Skinwalkers (2002) starring Adam Beach as Jim Chee, and Wes Studi as Joe Leaphorn. Both were executive produced by Robert Redford and based on the best selling Tony Hillerman novels. Skinwalkers (2002) is a mystery involving skinwalkers or shape-shifters, and the murders of several medicine men.
Jim Chee is one of two Navajo Tribal Police detectives in a series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman. [1] Unlike his superior Joe Leaphorn, the "Legendary Lieutenant", Chee is a staunch believer in traditional Navajo culture; indeed, he is studying to be a traditional healer at the same time that he is a police officer.
Adam Beach, Graham Greene-Starring Indigenous Film ‘The Birds Who Fear Death’ Sells to Mongrel Media (EXCLUSIVE) Naman Ramachandran December 20, 2023 at 2:30 AM
The film, shot in Powell River, British Columbia, stars Adam Beach (“Power of the Dog,” “Suicide Squad”) as Ted Evans, a father struggling with his past who receives a threat from the man ...