Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'exiles'

Restored Film Gives Life to Native American Story

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:15:00 EDT

A landmark film about the lives of Native Americans in 1950s Los Angeles has been given a new life. Thanks to the efforts of filmmaker Charles Burnett and award-winning author Sherman Alexie, the 1961 film The Exiles has been restored. Burnett and Alexie speak about the film's significance and relevance more than 40 years after its release.

'The Exiles' Portrays Woman's Real-Life Struggle

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, American Indians began leaving reservations in search for a better life in big cities. Yvonne Williams was one of them, and her story was depicted in the 1961 movie The Exiles, which has since been restored. Williams opens up about the film, and describes its impact on her life.

'Queen of the Underworld': Cuban Exiles in Miami

Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 EST

'Queen of the Underworld': Cuban Exiles in Miami January 30, 2006 · Book critic Alan Cheuse reviews Gail Godwin's Queen of the Underworld. The novel takes place in Miami just after the start of the Cuban Revolution and follows a fledgling reporter as she befriends a colorful cast of Cuban exiles.

Iraqi Population in Syria Swells as Exiles Flee

Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:00:00 EDT

More than half a million Iraqis have fled to neighboring Syria to escape the war-related violence in Iraq. Neither Syria's government nor the United Nations consider them to be refugees. And the Damascus government has begun ordering some of the Iraqis to leave.