Film & TV

After viewing film about issues between First Nations and non-First Nations residents, participants came up with fourteen potential projects to foster cross-cultural understanding.

Interview with the director of the movie Stryker.

Argues that Aboriginal films have always been a presence in the mainstream, commercial film industry.

Showcases documentary films for, by, and about First Nations people in DVD format.

Discusses the Traditional Pathways to Health (TPTH) project in which students choose a health topic of interest and produce a video to present to their community; emphasis is placed on a holistic approach to wellness.

Book review of First Person Plural by Sophie McCall. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 229.

English and Education Thesis (M.A.)--Arctic University of Norway, 2015. Focuses on Sherman Alexie's short storiesThis Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona and Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi Hendrix Play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, and the movies Pocahontas and Smoke Signals.

Examines effects of both mainstream and Indigenous cinema on Indigenous peoples, stereotyping, and concepts of geography, land, history and language. Anthropology and Humanities Honors Paper (B.A.)--University of Colorado, 2011.

Discusses the Nanisiniq project about Inuit culture and history. Duration: 12:48.

Presents a music video that was developed from the findings of a CIHR Project that examined the role of identity and stigma in Aboriginal women's healing from illicit drug abuse in Canada.

Author uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the processes of cultural hybridization and resistance and their presence in film, music, and art. Discusses how these factors can combine to preserve and revitalize traditional knowledges and cultures in the contemporary globalized world.

Discusses how various influences on the development of broadcasting and cinema in this region have produced work that is both interesting and globally relevant.

Folklore Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 1999.

Brief article focuses on the one-minute work Snare by Lisa Jackson and This River, a short documentary.

Overview of the depictions of Aboriginal men and women from historical origins to contemporary media portrayals.

Looks at youth, cultural safety, arts, and Indigenous knowledge in urban spaces.

Website for award winning Aboriginal singer/songwriter/guitarist, artist and actor George Leach. The site has links to music, videos, samples of his art, some of his acting roles and photos.

Describes Chippewa writer Gerald Vizenor's move from author to screenplay writer with his film Harold of Orange, which bears obvious imprints of his interests, attitudes and style.

Article about a new comedy series on APTN by Métis writer/producer Jason Friesen titled, Health Nutz.

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

Author discusses the ways ghost are a part of the narrative in the films of Wanuri Kahiu and Georgina Lightning in cultural context; examines the variable roles that ghost can play (sacred ancestor – malevolent trickster) and the way that characters respond to their presence and actions.

Highlights the programming developed in the 1990s. Created for the 25th Anniversary of the Aboriginal Film and Video Art Alliance. Duration: 15:46.

Book Review: Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics and Politics edited by Pamela Wilson and Michelle Stewart with articles by Lisa Brooten, Mario Murillo and Faye Ginsburg.

Presents three plays and home movies. Duration: 1:38:47.

Looks at the character Jacob Black and stereotypes of American Indian men. To be published in book: Bringing Light to Twilight Perspectives on a Pop Culture Phenomenon edited by Giselle Liza Anatol

Discusses the exhibition mounted at the Urban Shaman Gallery.

Discusses representations of the Comanche people in both historic and contemporary films and other media; describes ways in which cinematic Comanche (actors and performers) worked to subvert mainstream narratives and portrayals of their people.

Movie review of: Hank Williams First Nation produced , directed and written by Aaron James Sorenson.

Presents a screenplay by Gerald Vizenor that focuses on Harold and the Warriors of Orange, descendants of the great trickster. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.

Presents a performative text delivered by Michael Greyeyes as a keynote address given at Indigenous Film and Media in an International Context conference hosted by Wilfred Laurier University and York University, May, 2007.

Review of video documentary about an Oklahoman Fox anthropologist who was murdered while doing field work in the Philippines.

Examines the portrayals of Native Americans in films, arguing that although recent films attempt to counteract previous stereotypes, more accurately portray history and culture, and tend to be more sympathetic to political claims they still fall short and appear assimilationist in tone.

Proceedings from the second Virtual Roundtable on First Nation Citizenship held June 20, 2011. Roundtable featured discussion on First Nation citizenship, identity, and Nationhood.

Ten documentary reviews: Itam Hakim Hopiit by Victor Masayesva, Jr. Siskyavi: The Place of Chasms by Victor Masayesva, Jr. The Place of Falling Waters by Roy Bigcrane and Thompson Smith. Pueblo Peoples: First Contact by George Burdeau and Larry Walsh. Transitions by Darrel Kipp and Joe Fisher. Warrior Chiefs in a New Age by Dean Bearclaw. Wiping the Tears of Seven Generations by Gary Rhine and Fidel Moreno. In the White Man's Image by Christine Lesiak and Matt Jones. Kahnesatake: 270 Years of Resistance by Alanis Obomsawin. Ligh

Examines the domains of science and policy in the context of Aboriginal issues and how film representations of Aboriginal people are linked to media portrayals.

"Expanded Edition"

Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Dominguez Hills, 1998.

Communications Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 1997.

Drama Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2000. Focuses on four playwrights Suzan-Lori Park, Daniel David Moses, and filmmakers Midi Onodera and Julie Dash.

Discusses the element of chaos, in nature and individual lives, as a common theme in both the novel and the film.

Guide to accompany film, I am But a Little Woman. Target audience grades one to three in the subject areas First Nations, Fine Arts, and Visual Arts.

Looks at historical, ideological and cultural principles in the movie The Last of his tribe.

Discusses how individual identities are used to invoke and then destabilize stereotypes in the film Dead Man.

Film Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2016.

Information related to the college that offers BA and BFA degrees in creative writing, studio arts, new media arts, museum studies and Indigenous liberal studies.

Looks at the many and varied accomplishments of Gordon Tootoosis who was born and raised on the Poundmaker Cree Nation. Article located on page 1 and continued by scrolling to page 3.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Florida, 2012

Focus on films containing eco-activistism messages.

Exhibit divided into four sections: Landscape, Removal, and Native American Homelands, Revisiting the "Indian Princess", Repositioning Native Bodies, and Representing Indigenous People on a National Stage.

Analyzes a film and artist's book about the Inuit by a non-Inuit in terms of the political environment at the time.