Film & TV

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Two Spirits, Nádleeh, and LGBTQ2 Navajo Gaze

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gabriel S. Estrada
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, 2011, pp. 167-190
Description
Discussion of film Two Spirits which depicts murder of Fred Martinez. Also discusses the films interpretation of relationship between Navajo culture, religion and two spirit people.
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Unikkausivut: Sharing Our Stories

Alternate Title
AtuKatigennik Unikkausittinuk: Transmettre nos Histories
An Interdisciplinary Educational Resource to Accompany the Uniikausivut: Sharing Our Stories Initiative
AtuKatigennik Unikkausittinuk
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
National Film Board (NFB)
Description

Selection of 83 films from the National Film Board's collection that represent the regions of Nunatsiavut, Nunavik, Nunavut and Inuvialuit.

Related Material: Interdisciplinary Educational Resource.

 

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Uno Native Film Festival

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brady DeSanti
Michele M. Desmarais
Beth R. Ritter
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
Description
Film reviews of: 40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall. The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver. Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer. Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork. Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith. Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.
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Unreserved: The Work of Louie Gong: Educational Resource

Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with documentary directed by Tracy Rector about the artist, activist and teacher who designs shoes, T-shirts and skateboard decks using Coast Salish artistic forms.
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Unsettling Canadian Heritage: Decolonial Aesthetics in Canadian Video and Performance Art

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah E.K. Smith
Carla Taunton
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 52, no. 1, Winter, 2018, pp. 306-341
Description
Article examines the work of contemporary artists Leah Decter, Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyễn, and Caroline Monnet. Discusses the artists’ engagement with current discourse surrounding settler colonialism and their use of the arts to disrupt conceptualization of the Canadian state as inclusive and benevolent.
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Urban Plight of Inuit

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rosa Harris-Adler
Inuktitut, no. 99, Winter, 2006, p. 20
Description
Briefly discusses the documentary Qallunjatut or Urban Inuk, which explores the experiences of two homeless Inuk in Montreal.
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Urutahi Koataata Māori: Working with Māori in Film & Television

Alternate Title
Urutahi Koataata Maori: Working with Maori in Film & Television
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bradford Haami
Description
Intended to provide information to guide local film and television production community, visiting internationals, broadcasters, funders, and educational institutes in their engagements with Māori content and communities.
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Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Humans: Learning From Participatory Responses to the Representation of Native Americans In Twilight

Alternate Title
Article 5
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joanna Luz Siegel
Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, vol. 26, no. 2, Special Issue on Mass Media and Schooling, 2011, pp. [79]-103
Description
Discusses the representation of the northwest Washington Quileute Nation in the movie Twilight and reactions to these representations.
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Video Letters from Prison

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Jeffrey P. Palmer
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 2, Spring, 2011, pp. 276-278
Description
Film review of: Video Letters from Prison directed by Milt Lee.
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Visible Sexualities or Invisible Nations: Forced to Choose in Big Eden, Johnny Greyeyes, and The Business of Fancydancing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Tatonetti
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 2010, pp. 157-181
Description
Discusses the construction of two-spirit identities, and the theme of division in three contemporary narrative films, showing how they continue to mirror the ongoing legacy of settler colonialism.
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The Vision of a Native Filmmaker

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Sara Brandon
Doc On-Line: Revist Digital de Cinema Documentario, no. 4, August 2008, pp. 148-151
Description
Book review of Alanis Obomsawin: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker by Randolph Lewis.
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Visual Voices: A Festival of Canadian Aboriginal Film and Video

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allan J. Ryan
Description
Viewers guide to 13 films, by eleven Canadian Aboriginal directors, spanning the years 1987-2002 and produced by/in association with the National Film Board of Canada. Films include: Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance by Alanis Obomsawin (writer, director) - 1993, 119 minutes. No Turning Back: The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples by Greg Coyes (director) - 1996, 47 minutes. How the Fiddle Flows by Greg Coyes (director) - 2002, 48 minutes. Singing Our Stories by Annie Fraziér Henry (director) --1998, 49 minutes. Hands of History by Loretta Todd (direct
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Voices in the Era of Silents: An American Indian Aesthetic in Early Silent Film

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Gish Berndt
Native Studies Review, vol. 16, no. 2, 2005, pp. 39-76
Description
Prior to about 1912, American Indians had significant creative control over the production of silent films, providing an opportunity to express views which contrasted from the Euro-American depictions of them.
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The Wapikoni Mobile and the Birth of a New Indigenous Cinema in Québec

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karine Bertrand
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Québec Cinema in the 21st Century , 2013, pp. 283-289
Description
Discusses the travelling production unit which has visited 19 Aboriginal communities with the goal of inspiring creativity in youth through involvement in filmmaking and multimedia production skills.
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The Waters of Venice: Rebecca Belmore at the 51st Biennale

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lee-Ann Martin
Canadian Art, vol. 22, no. 2, Summer, 2005, pp. 48-53
Description
Discussion of the debut performance-based video installation Fountain at Venice Biennale. Belmore was the first Aboriginal woman to represent Canada at this event.
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“We don’t kiss like that”: Inuit Women Respond to Music Video Representation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cassidy Glennie
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2018, pp. 104-112
Description
Study collects and analyses responses to mainstream representations of Inuit culture from Inuit women. Discusses Western beauty standards projected onto Indigenous women, normalization of media tropes including silencing, victimization, violence, missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW). Stresses a need positive role models and self-representation.
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Weekend in Palm Springs Surreal Experience

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Starphoenix, March 28, 2003, p. A13
Description
Comments on some of the cutting edge dramas and documentaries being made by Aboriginal filmmakers recently showcased at the Native American Film Festival in Palm Springs.
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White Romance and American Indian Action in Hollywood’s The Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Craig Rinne
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 1, Series 2: Representations of American Indians in Contemporary Narrative Fiction Film , Spring, 2001, pp. [3]-22
Description
Discusses critical reception and competing interpretations of the film, and puts forth an alternate theory by examining the character of Chingachgook. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Why Make Movies?: Some Atikamekw Answers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Laurent Sedillot
Post Script, vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 70-[?]
Description
Focuses on the Wapikoni Mobile Media project with residents from Atikamekw Manawan Reserve and how they engage in media production.
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[Winter in the Blood]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shannon Toll
The American Indian Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 3, Summer , 2015, pp. 341-343
Description
Movie review of: Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew Smith.
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Writing Landscape

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vanessa Dion Fletcher
West Coast Line #74, vol. 46, no. 2, Reconcile This!, Summer, 2012, pp. 80-87
Description
Looks at three part work of art which includes, walking with copper plates on the artists feet, prints produced from the marked up plates and video documentation of the walking performance. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 80.
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Wylie Tales: An Interview with James Welch

Articles » General
Author/Creator
William Bevis
James Welch
[Weber Studies], vol. 12, no. 3, Native American Special Issue, Fall, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Interview with author about his thoughts on Aboriginal life, films and literature. Discusses Welch's books Fools Crow and Killing Custer.
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Zacharias Kunuk: Giving Inuit a Voice

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sonia Gunderson
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. [12]-20
Description
Discusses shooting the film The Journals of Knud Rasmussen. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to p. 12.
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Zacharius Kunuk (English)

Alternate Title
ReSDA (Resources and Sustainable Development in the Arctic) Annual Conference ; 3rd, 2013
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Zacharius Kunuk
Description
Speaker talks about collaboration between film making and research. Duration: 16:11.
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