I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.
ADAM BEACHI have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.
ADAM BEACHWhen faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations,
ADAM BEACHI think when I started acting it was the first time I got the freedom of expression.
ADAM BEACHI do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
ADAM BEACHThis movie shows that perspective from Scott’s character, and I love it. It shows the American Indians as the ones who respect and help out when people are needed. It’s a nice little twist.
ADAM BEACHSuccess isn’t about the biggest house in the world. Success is about loving your family, taking care of your child.
ADAM BEACHHe was out with his friends drinking and on medication for depression, and he didn’t come out of the water alive.
ADAM BEACHI could be a ninja, I could be a pirate or I could be in a play y’know.
ADAM BEACHWe have to know that they exist and we have to take care of those traumas and learn to heal from them.
ADAM BEACHThose traumas when it comes to the historical past generation to generation; our children, our grandchildren, our future grandchildren learn these behaviors.
ADAM BEACHWell to me growing, up I’ve had my own psychological war with my parents dying at such a young age. My mother was killed by a drunk driver, then two months later my father drowned.
ADAM BEACHAfter that movie I said, “Y’know what, I have to realistically wear my emotions now when I do a job. That’s gotta be as real as it gets. It’s not just dialogue anymore.”
ADAM BEACHI carry two traditional pipes and I sing my songs and pray that us as human beings treat each other with respect. So when it came to trying to portray a connection on screen, that’s what you see.
ADAM BEACHWith this film, it’s nice to see that the trauma is presented from a white male that was in the Civil War and that trauma affects him in a way that still exists.
ADAM BEACHGrowing up with sexual abuse and having to be in gangs and dealing with my own trauma; finding the cultural identity when I was 16, and learning those traditional ways saved me from hurting myself.
ADAM BEACHI was able to express certain emotions and feelings that I could put into other characters, so it was a good way for me to run away from ho I personally was.
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