Powwow Highway
Identity politics are a preeminent part of the film Powwow Highway. The characters in the film are continuously dealing with a shared oppression stemming from their race and culture, and this drives their actions and feelings in every scene. Their identity is such a part of their lives that they are willing to do anything to protect it and each other. It both defines them and divides them, as shown by the tribe's arguments over the possible future development on their reservation. This development would bring the tribe economic stability, but at the same time would break down their culture- their identity- and everything the tribe stands for.
While on the road, the characters learn how to identify themselves, though that takes longer for some than it does for others. They learn just how far they will go to protect their heritage and their future as a culture. The characters begin to become more unified through their culture and find out that it may be more important to them than they previously thought. The politics of money has torn through their nation to such an extreme that they had lost their love for their culture and for each other, and by going out on the road, they begin to re-identify with the nation and their past.