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In the spring of 1974, three Navajo men were found brutally murdered in Chokecherry Canyon on the outskirts of Farmington, New Mexico.  The men had been tortured, mutilated, beaten to death and burned, their bodies stripped and dumped like trash out on the desert.  When the punishment didnt seem commensurate to the crime, the small town was launched into a maelstrom of outcry that culminated in secret Navajo ceremonies to bring forth justice, protests, rioting and national attention.  Considered by many to be the Native American counterpart to 1965's Selma, Alabama, the "Chokecherry Massacre" and the events that followed became a defining moment in a centuries old struggle between Native Americans and Manifest Destiny.   

Seventeen years after its initial publication and thirty-five years after the events it describes occurred, the film adaptation of the best selling novel by author Rodney Barker, The Broken Circle will tell this fascinating and still relevant true story in an innovative, unbiased and captivating manner. Echoing such critically acclaimed and profitable films such as A Time to Kill, Mississippi Burning, and Gran Torino, The Broken Circle deals with themes and issues that are still front page news.