Pow Wow Highway- Identity Politics
Identity Politics are displayed throughout this movie as the characters begin to identify with one another. They relate in certain ways because of what they have in common, even though some of their views and opinions might have previously been quite different. This movie and the identity politics within, brought the characters of Pow Wow Highway together as one group. Redbow was very politically involved and Philbert was very culturally involved or wanted to be more so. They both had different missions in this movie and their missionswere combined as they formed a new bond through identifying their similarities with one another. The road put the two main characters in a situation that wasn't something normal for both of them, and the two of them had two different missions, one being the obvious, getting Redbow's sister out of jail, but Philbert's was a cultural, spiritual exploration. Although they had different motives on their trip, they came together in the end. Identity politics on the road brought the two together in a way they might never had experienced.