'Buzz' over film grows
Filming to take place in downtown Gallup, flea market

Traffic Filters through Coal Avenue and First Street in Gallup customers coming and going to downtown businesses in this April 16, 2008, file photo. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Staff Photo

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Bernie Dotson
Staff writer

GALLUP — The Navajo warrior man simply wants his people to never forget who they are, or where they come from.
Blood is definitely thicker than water.

So goes the story line of a new film by a local man to be released some time next year. The film — “Rainbow Boy” — describes one man’s cultural journey from past to present. It runs 30-minutes and is dubbed in the Navajo language with English sub-titles. It is the brainchild of Norman Patrick Brown, himself Navajo, and the film’s writer, director and producer.

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