In “Americana,” half a dozen ruthless characters (including a van full of stereotype-defying Native Americans) are desperate to get their hands on a Lakota ghost shirt, a sacred garment believed to protect whoever wears it from white men’s bullets. Considering the sheer amount of ammo spent trying to obtain it, such a shirt sure would come in handy … though no one thinks to put the darn thing on in a stylish genre mashup that takes a page (or more) from Tarantino, remixing everything from classic Westerns to stylish neo-noirs such as “Blood Simple” and “The Last Stop in Yuma County.”
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