Chronicling one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles, the film follows a group of exiles—arrivals from the Southwest reservations—as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance.

A gem of American cinema that played Venice before falling into cult obscurity, Kent MacKenzie’s The Exiles is a raw, jazzy vision of urban life. Inspired by Italian Neorealism, yet filtered through a Beat lexicon, the film captures the often-unseen experience of Native Americans with vitality.