The Red Road, or "Chanku Luta," is a (mostly) Lakota belief in a "right path"—a kind of code of conduct that's difficult to define, let alone adhere to. Its purported to have lent its name to The Red Road, a SundanceTV drama created by writer/executive producer Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners) that aims to dramatize the twists and turns, but leaves its audience pondering the road not taken.
The series focuses on two men, Harold Jensen (Martin Henderson) and Phillip Kopus (Jason Momoa), and quickly establishes who has been on the straight and narrow, and who has, well, not.…
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