Pima Road

Waspy Yale lawyer, Sarah Livingstone, on a training run with her Shih Tzu, collides with American Indian sculptor Jimmy Zah and his big lab, Joe. The dogs have a furious dust-up. Annoyed when a hysterical Sarah accuses him of letting Joe run free on a public path, Jimmy retorts that she s trespassing on his Pima Reservation. A few days later Jimmy rescues Sarah and Yo Yo from the waters of a fast-moving canal. Despite their inauspicious beginning, they learn they re both training to run in the New York Marathon. Slowly their relationship builds around the goal of the marathon. When they begin to realize they re falling in love, Sarah s parents come to town. Her mother is appalled to find her daughter serious about an American Indian. Sarah wavers. Uneasy now, she backs away. Jimmy is offended and heartbroken. He breaks off with her, now sure their cultures are too different for her to overcome. From Phoenix to an Indian Pow Wow, Navajo and Pima Reservations, to the New York Marathon, Jimmy and Sarah wrestle with the difficulties of an interracial relationship.