Geronimo Jones

1970. Directed by Bert Salzman. Produced by Robert J. Kaplan. Starring Martin Soto.
Home transfer from 16mm. Print courtesy of Dario Smagata-Bryan.

"A young Apache boy is torn between the traditions of his heritage and the challenging life led by his cousin, who left the reservation to become an astronomer. The boy is also faced with deciding whether to keep a tribal artifact from his grandfather or trade it for a new TV. He does the latter in order to buy a birthday present for the grandfather. However, when Geronimo turns on the TV, the two are instantly reminded of the relationship of the Native American to contemporary society. The grandfather in the film was played by Geronimo's great-grandson, Chief Geronimo Kuth-Li. Scenes include Kitt Peak and mission school of San Xavier Del Bac."

Premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York
Oakland Film Festival “Humanities Award”
Cine Golden Eagle Award
San Francisco film festival award
National Educational film Festival Award
Columbus Film Festival “Golden Christopher” Award
(archive.org), A young Apache boy is torn between the traditions of his heritage and the challenging life led by his cousin, who left the reservation to become an astronomer. The boy is also faced with deciding whether to keep a tribal artifact from his grandfather or trade it for a new TV. He does the latter in order to buy a birthday present for the grandfather. However, when Geronimo turns on the TV, the two are instantly reminded of the relationship of the Native American to contemporary society. The grandfather in the film was played by Geronimo's great-grandson, Chief Geronimo Kuth-Li. Scenes include Kitt Peak and mission school of San Xavier Del Bac. Premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York Oakland Film Festival “Humanities Award” Cine Golden Eagle Award San Francisco film festival award National Educational film Festival Award Columbus Film Festival “Golden Christopher” Award, Tells of the identity crisis of Geronimo Jones, a descendant of the great Apache chief, Geronimo. Relates how he is given a treasured Apache medallion by his grandfather which he trades in for a television set. Describes his bewilderment when he turns on the set and Indians are being portrayed as enemies. , A young Apache boy is torn between the traditions of his heritage and the challenging life led by his cousin, who left the reservation to become an astronomer. The boy is also faced with deciding whether to keep a tribal artifact from his grandfather or trade it for a new TV. He does the latter in order to buy a birthday present for the grandfather. However, when Geronimo turns on the TV, the two are instantly reminded of the relationship of the Native American to contemporary society. The grandfather in the film was played by Geronimo's great-grandson, Chief Geronimo Kuth-Li. Scenes include Kitt Peak and mission school of San Xavier Del Bac. Premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York Oakland Film Festival “Humanities Award” Cine Golden Eagle Award San Francisco film festival award National Educational film Festival Award Columbus Film Festival “Golden Christopher” Award, Tells of the identity crisis of Geronimo Jones, a descendant of the great Apache chief, Geronimo. Relates how he is given a treasured Apache medallion by his grandfather which he trades in for a television set. Describes his bewilderment when he turns on the set and Indians are being portrayed as enemies. , A young Apache boy is torn between the traditions of his heritage and the challenging life led by his cousin, who left the reservation to become an astronomer. The boy is also faced with deciding whether to keep a tribal artifact from his grandfather or trade it for a new TV. He does the latter in order to buy a birthday present for the grandfather. However, when Geronimo turns on the TV, the two are instantly reminded of the relationship of the Native American to contemporary society. The grandfather in the film was played by Geronimo's great-grandson, Chief Geronimo Kuth-Li. Scenes include Kitt Peak and mission school of San Xavier Del Bac. Premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York Oakland Film Festival “Humanities Award” Cine Golden Eagle Award San Francisco film festival award National Educational film Festival Award Columbus Film Festival “Golden Christopher” Award, Tells of the identity crisis of Geronimo Jones, a descendant of the great Apache chief, Geronimo. Relates how he is given a treasured Apache medallion by his grandfather which he trades in for a television set. Describes his bewilderment when he turns on the set and Indians are being portrayed as enemies. , A young Apache boy is torn between the traditions of his heritage and the challenging life led by his cousin, who left the reservation to become an astronomer. The boy is also faced with deciding whether to keep a tribal artifact from his grandfather or trade it for a new TV. He does the latter in order to buy a birthday present for the grandfather. However, when Geronimo turns on the TV, the two are instantly reminded of the relationship of the Native American to contemporary society. The grandfather in the film was played by Geronimo's great-grandson, Chief Geronimo Kuth-Li. Scenes include Kitt Peak and mission school of San Xavier Del Bac. Premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York Oakland Film Festival “Humanities Award” Cine Golden Eagle Award San Francisco film festival award National Educational film Festival Award Columbus Film Festival “Golden Christopher” Award, Tells of the identity crisis of Geronimo Jones, a descendant of the great Apache chief, Geronimo. Relates how he is given a treasured Apache medallion by his grandfather which he trades in for a television set. Describes his bewilderment when he turns on the set and Indians are being portrayed as enemies. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.