Hollywood

Life story of the film star. Part 2: 'Squaw Man' and the Hollywood Years. Part 3: New York City.

Examines the content of studio publicity materials to discover traces of the labour and negotiation performed by Indigenous actors in the development and maintenance of their public personas while working in studio Hollywood. Author argues that actors were able to use their public personas to critique and influence onscreen representations of Indigenous people.

Comments on disrespectful and disparaging remarks made in movies and the use of social media to rid racist imagery from a variety of platforms.

Literature, Area Studies and European Languages Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oslo, 2013.

Discusses Strongheart’s role in the DeMille production of the 1925 film Braveheart; argues that Strongheart exercises his agency as a technical adviser and actor to affect the way that Indigenous people are portrayed in film.