Joanelle Romero

Acting

Joanelle Romero

Born 1957-10-05 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Acting credits

Barbarosa poster
5.9

Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.

Barbarosa

1982

Parasite poster
4.9

Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus & his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.

Parasite

1982

Wild Indian poster
5.5

Decades after covering up his classmate’s murder, Michael has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife and boss from the demons of his past.

Wild Indian

2021

Powwow Highway poster
6.8

Two Northern Cheyenne men take a road trip from Montana to New Mexico to bail out the sister of one of them who has been framed and arrested in Santa Fe. On the way, they begin to reconnect to their spiritual heritage.

Powwow Highway

1989

No artwork available
NR

A short documentary directed and narrated by Gabrielle Norte about the history of Native American depictions in film and tv through the eyes of four modern Native American filmmakers.

Hollywood Indian

2019

No artwork available
10.0

A young woman named Mabel discovers that after the death of her parents, her family has lost all of its money. With no help from her brothers, Mabel is left to fend for herself. Only after meeting Jack Ferguson, a local doctor, does she finally regain a sense of self-worth. The Horse Dealer's Daughter is a tale of love and turmoil, based on the short story by D.H. Lawrence.

The Horse Dealers Daughter

1983

Miracle in the Wilderness poster
5.8

While being pursued by the U.S. Cavalry, Indians and the white family they have kidnapped learn about each other.

Miracle in the Wilderness

1991

The Girl Called Hatter Fox poster
7.0

A doctor must battle against superstition and prejudice to try to save a young Indian girl, who has been sent to a state reform school as an incorrigible.

The Girl Called Hatter Fox

1977

The Legend of Walks Far Woman poster
4.8

Walks Far Woman is a an Indigenous woman of the Blackfoot tribe. She takes revenge on two men who killed her husband and then she is ostracized by her tribe. She then is adopted by the Sioux, the tribe of her mother, and there she tries to start a new life.

The Legend of Walks Far Woman

1980

Murdered and Missing in Montana poster
5.0

A documentary examining the mysterious deaths of three young Indigenous women in south-central Montana, featuring access to family members, tribal officials, law enforcement, and community activists.

Murdered and Missing in Montana

2021

Behind the camera