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8th Fire: At the Crossroads

Alternate Title
Doc Zone ; season 6, episode 16
Eighth Fire: At the Crossroads
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Paul Morin
Denis Paquet
Interviews with Aboriginal artists and community leaders about building new relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians now and in the future. Duration: 45:16
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Aboriginal Culture Viewed Through Urban Aesthetic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cara McKenna
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 2, May 2012

Comments on the exhibition Beat Nation, that expresses freedom from oppression.

Pages 1,3 of insert entitled Raven's Eye: Special Providing News from BC & Yukon. Scanning is out of sequence for this section.

Entire issue on one pdf. 

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Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Official website of APTN, a national TV network in Canada, where programming is dedicated to First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples, including documentaries, news, drama, education and entertainment. Some programs are in Indigenous languages including Cree, Dene and Inuktitut with occasional use of subtitles and French.

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Aboriginal Youth & Media Conference at MOA (Part One)

Alternate Title
Assert, Defend, Take Space: Aboriginal Youth Conference on Identity, Activism and Film
Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth
Napi: Creation
Media » Film and Video
Video presentation of Assert, Defend, Take Space: Aboriginal Youth Conference on Identity, Activism and Film, hosted by the Museum of Anthropology. Shows short films followed by discussion and question period with filmmakers and artists. Companion to exhibition Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth. Part 2. Duration: 1:52:21.
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Aboriginal Youth & Media Conference at MOA (Part Two)

Alternate Title
Claiming Space: Voice of Urban Aboriginal Youth
ssert, Defend, Take Space: Aboriginal Youth Conference on Identity, Activism and Film
Media » Film and Video
Video presentation of Assert, Defend, Take Space: Aboriginal Youth Conference on Identity, Activism and Film, hosted by the Museum of Anthropology. Continuation from part one. Shows short films followed by discussion and question period with filmmakers and artists. Companion to exhibition: Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth Duration: 2:55:59. Part 1.
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“Accessible Poetry”? Cultural Intersection and Exchange in Contemporary American Indian and American Independent Film

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise K. Cummings
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 1, Series 2; Representations of American Indians in Contemporary Narrative Fiction Film , Spring, 2001, pp. 57-80
Discusses current representations of American Indians through examination of three films: Smoke Signals, Dead Man and Ghost Dog. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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After the Apology: Reframing Violence and Suffering in First Australians, Australia, and Samson and Delilah

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Felicity Collins
Continuum, vol. 24, no. 1, Interrogating Trauma: Arts & Media Responses to Collective Suffering, 2010, pp. 65-77
Discusses the way an archival history series, feature film and budget drama addresses politics of reconciliation and the media's obsession with violence in remote Australia.
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Agecoutay Captures and Shares The World's Stories

Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 10, October 2007, p. 18
Brief interview with CBC videographer, Richard Agecoutay, describing career highlights and tips for pursuing a career as a journalist. Article located by scrolling to page 18.
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Alanis Obomsawin

Alternate Title
Making Movie History: A Portrait in 61 Parts
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Joanne Robertson
Interview with a National Film Board filmmaker who uses sound to enhance her stories. Duration: 5:28.
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Alanis Obomsawin

Alternate Title
Senses of Cinema
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Williams
Senses of Cinema, no. 22, September-October 2002, p. [?]
Discusses the work of the prominent Canadian filmmaker, including such films as Incident at Restigouche, My Name is Kahentiiosta and Spudwrench: Kahnawake.
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American Anthropologist. Vol. 105, No. 4, December 2003.

Alternate Title
Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner: Culture, History, and Politics in Inuit Media
Atanarjuat Off-Screen: From "Media Reservation" to the World Stage
Introduction: Visual Anthropology Section
Special Issue: Language Politics and Practices
Talking Back to Primitivism: Divided Audiences, Collective Desires
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lucas Bessire
Faye Ginsburg
Shari Huhndorf
Jeff Himpele
Articles from the Visual Arts section discuss the film Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner. Scroll down to section to access articles.
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American Indian Artists

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 16, no. 1, October 1976, pp. [27-29]
Reviews six-part TV series about Southwestern artists produced by KAET at the Arizona State University campus.
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American Indian Film Gallery

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
University of Arizona
Contains links to over 450 documentaries produced from 1922 to 2011, with a concentration on peoples of the Southwest. Films are accessed by tribal names.
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Another Fine Example of the Oral Tradition? Identification and Subversion in Sherman Alexie’s Smoke Signals

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jhon Warren Gilroy
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 1, Series 2; Representations of American Indians in Contemporary Narrative Fiction Film , Spring, 2001, pp. [23]-42
Contends that the film creates an intersection or "frontier" where the Aboriginal and the non-Aboriginal worlds meet, and in so doing subverts commonly held perceptions and attitudes. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Anti-Hero Avengers and the Not-So-Lone Ranger

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathleen Buddle
Canadian Dimension, vol. 41, no. 1, Indian Country, January/February 2007, pp. 48-51
Focuses on activism in film and media arts, highlighting the ImagineNATIVE Film and Arts Festival and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).
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Arnait Video Productions: Women Telling Their Own Stories

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sonia Gunderson
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, Summer, 2009, pp. [10]-[13]
Brief history of the Inuit collective since its establishment in 1992. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 10.
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[Artist Lecture: Nicholas Galanin]

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Nicholas Galanin
Multi-media artist speaks about the various series he has created. Presented as part of the It's Complicated: Art about Home exhibition. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 1:09:58.
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ArtTalk: Conversations on Northwest Native Art: Session 1: Collaborative Research and Community-Based Scholarship Panel Discussion

Alternate Title
Burke Museum's ArtTalk Symposium: Conversations on Northwest Native Art
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Pat Courtney Gold
Nadia Jackinsky Sethi
Kathryn Bunn Marcuse
Kaleb Child
Coreen Child ... [et al.]
Presentations on collaborative research: Part 1: Research in Museums and it’s Contribution to Native Communities by Pat Courtney Gold. Part 2: Remembering Heritage Through the Arts in Alaska's Communities by Nadia Jackinsky Sethi. Part 3: G̱a̱lg̱a̱poła (Working Together) – A Collaborative Reframing of Kwakiutl Film and Audio Recordings with Franz Boas by Kathryn Bunn Marcuse, Kaleb Child, Coreen Child and Tom Child. Duration: 2:02:05
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Aspiring Directors Get Taste of Crash Course in Cinema

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 6, September 2012, p. 19

Comments on talks at a workshop which included how to raise funds for cinema projects and the power of storytelling.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.35.

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‘At the centre of it all are the children’: Aboriginal Childhoods and the National Film Board

Alternate Title
"At the center of it all are the children"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Heather Norris Nicholson
London Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 17, Quality, Equality & Inequality, 2001/2002, pp. 73-100
Uses NFB productions to illustrate the changing attitudes toward Aboriginal people, specifically Aboriginal children, in the films, Pied Piper of the Three R's (1953), Kevin Alec (1977), and Richard Cardinal: Cry from the Diary of a Metis Child (1986).
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Atanarjuat (2001) and Eskimo (1933): Cinematic Representations of Inuit Culture and Orality

Alternate Title
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Delphine Jeanroy
Comments on two films which are significant in terms of postcolonial studies. Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
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Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner and Its Audiences

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold Krupat
Critical Inquiry, vol. 33, no. 3, Spring, 2007, pp. 606-631
Discusses the three groups that the film tries to appeal to and on what level they interpret it; the Inuit community, those "Southerners" who attempt see it through Inuit eyes, and those who simply view it superficially.
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Avatar: A Tale of Indigenous Survival?

Alternate Title
Global Conference: Visions of Humanity in Cyberculture, Cyberspace and Science Fiction ; 5th, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dolores Miralles Alberola
Comments on the many stereotypes in this film as well as other Hollywood blockbusters.
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Barefoot Hits the Film Fest Circuit

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 7, 10 2012, p. 14

Looks at a film about peer pressure, family connections, and teenage pregnancy.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.

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Before Tomorrow

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sonia Gunderson
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 45-46
Review of film produced by the women's film collective Arnait Video Productions. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 45.
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Bella Bella

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Barbara Greene
Film looks at the people of Campbell Island and their plans to regain self-sufficiency and retain ancient Heiltsuk culture. Duration: 27:20.
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