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The Business of Fancydancing

Summary: Seymour Polatkin is a successful, gay Native American poet from Spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend.

Release Date: January 14, 2002

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Sherman Alexie

Writer: Sherman Alexie

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

Production: FallsApart Productions

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 200,000

Domestic: $ 175,710

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