Reel Injun

documentary

Nice piece done by a native Cree dealing with the various images of indians portrayed by hollywood through the history of film. While this is material we all think we know it was interesting and informative to see it presented from this perspective.

His contention was that the most harmful film for natives was the 1939 film Stagecoach which established mindless stereotypes followed by filmmakers for 30 years. Much later he felt the most beneficial was The Fast Runner which was an ancient Inuit legend told entirely from within the native world.

Good stuff.

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