Film

Discussion on the necessity for accuracy in the telling of indigenous stories, within the filmmaking industry.

Analyzes Indigenous women's animated films including works by well known and lesser known filmmakers.

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.

Review of the film Neutral by Daybi.

Video review of: Transitions produced by Darrell Kipp and Joe Fisher.

Media Arts Thesis (M.F.A.)--Emily Carr University of Art & Design, 2009.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Claremont University, 2003.

Discusses tropes or traditions, the organizing devices societies cohere to, by comparing a book and a movie. As key elements of belief systems, tropes act as powerful mediators between the world and how we experience the world’s meaning . By structuring a shared reality cultures are created, however, sometimes tropes can structure incompatible realities across cultures and distort our ability to understand cultures different from our own.

Website deals with the misappropriation of a Quileute legend by Stephanie Meyer, the author of the Twilight series. Contains links to Quileute culture, twilight misconceptions, imaginary indians, and resources.

Guide to accompany film of same name which follows Cree playwright Floyd Flavel on a journey from Saskatchewan to Siberia.

Discusses the increase in tourism the movie has brought to the town of Forks, Washington and the near by Quileute Indian Reservation and the appropriation of tribal cultural property.

Analyses the films Powwow Highway by David Seals and Medicine River by Thomas King both based on novels of the same title.

Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--Regent University, 1997.

Brief biographic sketch on Annabella Piugattuk, a young Inuit actress.

Uses a review of the film Rabbit Proof Fenceas a starting point for a discussion of the residential school system in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India.

Case studies of portrayals of Native Americans in Peter Pan and Pocahontas and Mexican culture in The Three Caballeros and Coco. Art and Design Honors Program Project (B.A.)--Kutztown University, 2021.

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.

Film Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2016. WARNING: May contain offensive content.

Briefly discusses the documentary Qallunjatut or Urban Inuk, which explores the experiences of two homeless Inuk in Montreal.

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.

Discusses how storytelling can help with cultural and personal identity and other benefits.

Linguistics, Literature and Culture Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of A Coruña, 2018. Discusses: two narratives by Gordon Henry and Michele Serros, two books of poems by Natalie Diaz and David Tomas Martinez, the films Quinceañera and Smoke Signals, and the video games Never Alone and Guacamelee!.

Sociology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2004.

Discusses the representation of the northwest Washington Quileute Nation in the movie Twilight and reactions to these representations.

Outlines the varied career of Lorne Cardinal, the first Aboriginal graduate in performing arts from the University of Alberta. Article located by scrolling to page 26.

Explores issues surrounding the ethics of representation in photography and film-making.

Discussion of a video festival which produced important cultural exchanges between Aboriginal video makers from Mexico and the United States.

Provides traditional Métis oral history interviews, photographs and various archival documents in visual, audio and video files.

Book review of Alanis Obomsawin: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker by Randolph Lewis.

Examines the role of visual anthropology in creating and interpreting cultural images and discusses how documentary video techniques could be used for cultural preservation.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Oklahoma, 2019.

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

Book review of: Visualities edited by Denise K. Cummings.

Compares various films, their styles, and intent when dealing with subject matter relating to the culture of the First Nation.

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.

The video, titled Wah Pah Ta Cultural Week in Cumberland House, records some of the history of Cumberland House and the music, dancing, entertainment, and traditional activities of the region. Script by Maria Campbell, narration by Tantoo Martin-Cardinal, theme song by Ralph Sayies, camera by Don Chaput and Glen Rosin, program design by Maria Campbell and Gerri Cook, and Maria Campbell and Burton Smokey Day are the directors and producers.

Historical note:

A video produced in 1986 for Northern Lights School Division No. 113 with funding from the Saskatchewan Educational Development Fund.

Chapters one, two, four, seven, and twelve.

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.

Three youth make a video to celebrate Treaty Days in episode 17 of a stop-motion animation series. Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Lights, Camera, Action! Study Guide. Duration: 23:59.

Study guide to accompany film, Wapos Bay: Lights, Camera, Action!. Oriented toward elementary school students; contains episode description, background information, previewing and post-viewing activities and questions which pertain to the key themes.

Records and contrasts Navajo respondents reactions to various films on the same Navajo topics, but made by Native American and non-native film makers.

Discussion of the debut performance-based video installation Fountain at Venice Biennale. Belmore was the first Aboriginal woman to represent Canada at this event.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Oklahoma State University, 2017.

Discusses the controversy surrounding Disney's casting of Depp in the role of Tonto and Comanche activist Ladonna Vita Tabbytite Harris's decision to customarily adopt the actor.