![]() ![]() ![]() The helicopter is last seen heading towards reservation lands and then disappears from existence. In the pilot, "Monster Slayer," the series opens with the bold 1971 robbery of an armored bank truck via an organized operation involving a helicopter, bombs, and masked and uniformed thieves who flew away before the police even knew what was happening. But he’s also trusted by many, including his staff, as someone looking out for the general welfare of those he serves and protects. Because of that, he’s considered a traitor by some for his enforcement of prior crimes that hurt his community. Joe Leaphorn is a man straddling two worlds: the one in which he was raised in the culture and customs of his people and the one in which he upholds “outside laws” as a police officer for the reservation and state. The writing and acting in Dark Winds gives us a fascinating cultural immersion into the world of the Navajo, exposing the societal, political, and cultural complexities that creates a tapestry of problems unique to the compelling investigation.Īs developed by executive producer Graham Roland ( Jack Ryan), Dark Winds is a series crafted by Native American writers with a 95% Native American cast, led by the outstanding Zahn McClarnon. The strange behaviors of some residents and newcomers coalesce with the personal stories of the three cops, and their complicated relationships with one another, their people, and the white people who come onto their land. Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon), his new deputy Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon), and sergeant Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten), who were all born on the res and know their communities in a way no outsiders ever will. Doing the legwork on the reservation are Lt. Set on the Navajo reservation near Monument Valley in the 1970s, the series follows the FBI investigation of a daring bank robbery in Gallup, New Mexico, and the Navajo Tribal inquiry into the local murder of two Native residents, which are revealed to be intertwined. Dark Winds, the AMC adaptation of Tony Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee novel, The Dark Wind, proves that by crafting an engaging thriller/mystery that is told by, set in the lands of, and is primarily about Native Americans. Sometimes all it takes to invigorate a standard genre of storytelling is just letting a different perspective take the reins.
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