Skinwalkers (2002 film)
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Wes Studi and Adam Beach
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| Directed by | Chris Eyre |
| Produced by | Craig McNeil Michael Nozik (executive producer) Robert Redford Rebecca Eaton |
| Written by | James Redford |
| Based on |
Skinwalkers by Tony Hillerman |
| Starring |
Adam Beach Wes Studi Michael Greyeyes Alex Rice Misty Upham |
| Music by | BC Smith |
| Cinematography | Roy H. Wagner |
| Edited by | Cindy Mollo |
| Distributed by | PBS |
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Release date
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November 24, 2002 |
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Navajo |
Skinwalkers (2002) is a 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 American cast, with Adam Beach and Wes Studi playing officers Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn. It was produced as part of the PBS Mystery! series, filmed on the Navajo reservation and directed by Chris Eyre.
The film was the highest rated program of 2002 on PBS. It is the first of three television films based on the same series of books, the other two being adaptations of A Thief of Time and Coyote Waits. It was repackaged in 2016 with the two following films as Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries on Netflix.
Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi), a seasoned cop accustomed to the city ways of Phoenix, Santa Fe, and Albuquerque, has returned to the Navajo reservation. His wife Emma (Sheila Tousey) is recovering from cancer and feels rejuvenated by the landscape and people of her homeland. Leaphorn is less sure about their return. Well schooled in urban policing, he is soon confronted with a particular Navajo case: a mysterious killer who has a special antipathy for medicine men. Leaphorn works with a partner Jim Chee (Adam Beach), an FBI Academy grad who is also training to be a traditional Navajo healer.
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