The Exiles (1961 film)
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| Directed by | Kent Mackenzie |
| Written by | Kent Mackenzie |
| Produced by | Kent Mackenzie |
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| Distributed by | Contemporary Films |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Exiles is a 1961 film by Kent MacKenzie chronicling a day in the life of a group of 20-something Native Americans who left reservation life in the 1950s to live in the district of Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, California. Bunker Hill was then a blighted residential locality of decayed Victorian mansions, sometimes featured in the writings of Raymond Chandler, John Fante, and Charles Bukowski. The structure of the film is that of a narrative feature, the script pieced together from interviews with the documentary subjects. The film features Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, and Tommy Reynolds.