Film & TV

Cultural Mediations Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2010.

Special issue on digital Indigenous studies represents a collection of essays about the critical work Indigenous women are performing in their various digital projects.

Examines how the film responds to the orchestral piece Suite: Indian, composed by Edward MacDowell.

Looks at the "Indian Story" genre by focusing on two movies Strongheart (1914) and The Business of Fancydancing (2002). Chapter sixteen from Performing Identities and Utopias of Belonging edited by Teresa Botelho and Iolanda Ramos.

Discusses the role of a mainstream science fiction film, Mad Max: Fury Road, in maintaining “totem transfer” and “settler replacement” narratives. Contrasts this with two Indigenous works: William Sanders's "When This World Is All on Fire" and Danis Goulet's short film Wakening which challenge these narratives.

Discusses the misrepresentation of Native Americans in the entertainment industry.

Outlines the various problems encountered in forming the Aboriginal filmmakers group.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.

Discusses the Aboriginal documentaries produced as part of National Film Board's initiative designed to give marginalized social groups a greater voice. Films include: Powwow at Duck Lake, Elliot Lake, The Indian Speaks, Ballad of Crowfoot, Cree Hunters of Mistassini, and You are on Indian Land.

History Project towards (M.A.)--Ball State University, 2013.

Chapter from: Visualities: Perspectives on Contemporary American Indian Film and Art edited by Denise K. Cummings.

Introductory chapter in book: Global Indigenous Media: Cultures, Poetics and Politics edited by Pamela Wilson, Michele Stewart.

Introduction to full bibliography

Lengthy annotated list (221 p.) of films produced up to 2014.

Indigenous Studies librarian discusses cultural preservation initiatives; director of Two Worlds Colliding discusses importance of the arts; coordinator of U of S Aboriginal Theatre Program discusses role of collaboration in furthering culture; and president of the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre discusses culture as a way of life. Duration: 51:11.

A video project of Alma's stories of remembering and preserving tradition and a discussion on witnessing narratives used in storytelling.

Study gathered information from Canadian Aboriginal writers, directors and producers about current status of the industry, barriers to production, sources of funding, and opportunities to increase the number of films created.

Traces evolution of productions from the 1940s to the present day.

Recorded lecture delivered at the 2011 Toronto SpecFic Colloquium. Speaker discusses the role that Indigenous writers play in the decolonization by contributing to a body literature(s) that "imagines otherwise." Duration: 48:42

Looks at examples from central Australian Aboriginal media groups to examine how standards for traditional culture and ethnographic film are challenged.

Looks at the beginning of video experiments in the 1980s up unto the start of Indigenous filmmaking in Australia and Indigenous television stations in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan.

Highlights several of the films shown at the First NationsFirst Features: A Showcase of World Indigenous Film and Media festival in terms of both onscreen and offscreen impact.

Looks at the film Through Navajo Eyes shot in 1972 as an anthropological experiment by Sol Worth and John Adair.

Modern Thought and Literature Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2001.

Uses Jeff Barnaby’s film, File Under Miscellaneous, and SyFy’s series, Helix, to discuss the subtleties inherent in Gerald Vizenor’s concept of “survivance” and Archille Mbembe’s competing logics of “martyrdom and survial.” Considers these as elements of resistance to colonial biopolitics.

Communications Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2017.

[Liberal Arts] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1994.

Accompanying material: Indigenous Voices Digital Study Guide

Overview of Indigenous cinema and media highlighting some key Native and First Nations women from each generation.

Discusses treatment of Indigenous youth in the films Rabbit-Proof Fence, Australian Rules and Beneath Clouds.

Abbott interviews film producer and director Sandra Sunrising Osawa about her work and how it relates to her family's history, her identity and her sense of place, and the larger cultural survivance and resurgence movements.

Interviews with three visual artists whose work emphasizes cultural meanings within the film and video work by Loretta Todd and photography by Shelley Niro and Patricia Deadman.

Introduction to special issue celebrating Indigenous film in North America with examples of key films and filmmakers, approaches to studying and writing and interviews with filmmakers in Canada, Mexico and the United States.

Contends that while the film represented many true to life parts of Inuit culture, a few aspects were not accurate.

Book review of: Isuma by Michael Robert Evans.

Book review of Isuma by Michael Robert Evans. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll to p. 31.

Book review of: Isuma: Inuit Video Art by Michael Robert Evans. Scroll to page 299 to read review.

Announcement of the release of the second full-length feature film: The Journals of Knud Rasmussen from Igloo Isuma Productions.

History and mandate of the company, news, and catalogue of films, shorts, and documentaries.

Focuses on how the figure of the cowboy has influenced concepts of Aboriginal masculine identity and various responses from the artistic community.

Discusses how Native American filmmakers have used films to tell their own versions of history.

Compares style of three major pieces of film on the Inuit produced over his career.

Interview with filmmaker.

Guide suggested for Grade 9 students. Film, directed by Lori Lewis, deals with segregation of Aboriginal athletes and the abuse suffered in the residential school system Niigaanibatowaad: FrontRunners. Study Guide.

The story behind Wapos Bay, an animated television series based on a Northern Saskatchewan Community which is voiced in both English and Cree.

To accompany documentary directed by Michelle Derosier about 22-year-old Fort Hope (Eabametoong First Nation) resident Doris Slipperjack and her struggle to overcome her addiction to Oxycontin. Documentary.