Film & TV
Spectacles and Specters of Indigenous Peoples in How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katherine D. Johnston
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 99-112
Description
Author discusses the devices used and the layers of meaning contained within the 1971 film, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman. Stresses a reading of the film as an allegory resistance to colonial and imperialist influence.
Squaw Hall: A Community Remembers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicola Harwood
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 148, Fall, 2011, pp. 25-31
Description
Describes initiative undertaken by Twin Fish and urban ink theatre groups in Williams Lake, British Columbia. Project involved youth in the development of a short play entitled Damed if You Do, What it Don't as part media and performance training.
Standing on Sacred Ground: Eight Cultures - One Fight
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Yarlott
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 3, Global Indigenous Higher Education, Spring, 2015
Description
Film review of: Standing on Sacred Ground: Eight Cultures - One Fight directed by Christopher McLeod, narrated by Graham Greene.
The Stereotyping of North American Indians in Motion Pictures
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John A. Price
Ethnohistory, vol. 20, no. 2, Spring, 1973, pp. 153-171
Description
Discusses the history of distortions in portrayal of Aboriginals, gives brief descriptions of several movies, and examines steps needed to correct the situation.
A Strange Time Machine: The Tracker, Black and White, and Rabbit-Proof Fence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane Lydon
Australian Historical Studies, vol. 35, no. 123, April 2004, pp. 137-148
Description
Discusses landmark films released in 2002 about Australia's history and their use of visual techniques in the development of settler-Aboriginal relations.
Structuring Knowledges: Caching Inuit Architecture Through Igloolik Isuma Productions
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric Morton
Taryn Sirove
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 58-[?]
Description
Studies four films to compare practices used to preserve Inuit architectural knowledge: Qallunajatut/Urban Inuk; episode 3 from Nunavut/Our Land series, Qarmaq/Stone House, and Qaggiq/Gathering Place .
Telling and Retelling in the ‘Ink of Light’: Documentary Cinema, Oral Narratives, and Indigenous Identities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Hearne
Screen, vol. 47, no. 3, 2006, pp. 307-326
Description
Examines early Native American cinematic representation in photography and film and discusses how Native filmmakers are reclaiming their stories and retelling them in their own voices.
Telling Their Own Stories: Indigenous Film as Critical Identity Discourse
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Lempert
Applied Anthropologist, vol. 32, no. 1, 2012, pp. 23-33
Description
Looks at different interpretations of similar subject matter in Dustinn Craig's film, 4 Wheel War Pony and ethnographic film Trobriand Cricket by anthropologist Jerry Leach.
Ten Canoes: Engaging Difference
Alternate Title
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lyn McCredden
Studies in Australasian Cinema, vol. 6, no. 1, 2012, pp. 45-56
Description
Looks at Rolf de Heer film dealing with cultural and religious diversity and explains how the film represents sacred understandings or world views.
Terril Calder's Repercussions: Indigenizing the Civic Archive
Alternate Title
Brazil-Canada Knowledge Exchange Project: Developing Transnational Literacies ; August 2013
Indigenous Challenges and Opportunities in Canada and Brazil
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jessica Jacobson-Konefall
Description
Presents review and critique of film.
Duration: 18:51.
The Thing About Obomsawin's Indianness: Indigenous Reality and the Burden of Education at the National Film Board of Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bruno Cornellier
Canadian Journal of Film Studies, vol. 21, no. 2, Fall, 2012, pp. 2-26
Description
Discusses attitudes towards documentaries and mainstream reactions to the film Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance.
Thirst: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with Thirst, a short documentary by Gail Maurice about the lack of clean, safe water in First Nations communities. Focuses on Keewaywin First Nation in northern Ontario.
"This is Our Playground": Skateboarding, DIY Aesthetics, and Apache Sovereignty in Dustinn Craig's 4wheelwarpony
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joanna Hearne
Western American Literature, vol. 49, no. 1, Special Issue: Indigenous Wests: Literary and Visual Aesthetics, Spring, 2014, pp. 47-69
Description
Analyzes experimental film 4wheelwarpony which focuses on young skateboarders in a reservation setting.
This Is What It Means to Say Reservation Cinema: Making Cinematic Indians in Smoke Signals
Alternate Title
Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James H. Cox
Description
Discusses how Sherman Alexie (screenplay) and Chris Eyre (director) chose to portray American Indians in the film.
Excerpt from Sherman Alexie: A Collection of Critical Essays edited by Jeff Berglund and Jan Roush.
'Through the Camera Lens': Cultural Practice as Media Image
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Angela Krewani
Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 108-118
Description
Comments on the connection between nationality and film production, presents a short overview of the history of First Nations' film production, and discusses aspects of self-representation.
Tinseltown Tyee: Nipo Strongheart and the Making of Braveheart
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew H. Fisher
American Indian Culture and Research Journal , vol. 42, no. 3, Native Narratives of Indigenous History and Culture, 2018, pp. 93-118
Description
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.
Tkaronto: The Little Film That Could
Alternate Title
Arts & Entertainment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mike Gosselin
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 12, December 2008, p. 22
Description
Looks at the success of an Aboriginal film, produced with a modest budget, presented during the six days of the Aboriginal Film Focus.
Article located by scrolling to page 22.
To End and Begin Again: The Work of Victor Masayesva, Jr.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Weatherford
Art Journal, vol. 54, no. 4, Winter, 1995, pp. 48-52
Description
Reviews and discusses work of Hopi video and filmmaker Victor Masayesva, Jr. who integrates experiences of traditional American Indian world with Native American media.
Tootoosis In Film Board Picture
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Errol Kinistino
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 8, no. 12, December 1978, p. 27
Description
Gordon Tootoosis, from the Poundmaker Cree Nation, cast in mid 1970's Canadian comedy "Pump It Up", a story about an incident in a small Saskatchewan town prior to the Regina Riot on July 1, 1935.
Toward an Indigenous Feminine Animation Aesthetic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Channette Romero
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 29, no. 1, Digital Indigenous Studies: Gender, Genre, and New Media, Spring, 2017, pp. 56-87
Description
Analyzes Indigenous women's animated films including works by well known and lesser known filmmakers.
The Training of Indigenous Videomakers by the Mexican State: Negotiation, Politics and Media
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Antoni Castells-Talens
Jose M. Ramos Rodriquez
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 83-[?]
Description
Results of seminar held with Maya videomakers in the Yucatan Peninsula reflecting on the meaning of identity and use of Indigenous video in today's Maya Society.