As with most films, reel injun was made primarily to entertain. Reel injun native americans portrayal in hollywood. Is the documentary approach used by neil diamond in reel injun valuable in changing peoples perceptions about the mythical and onedimensional stoic indian. The film was then produced by christian fon, catherine bainbridge and linda ludwick. The evolution of the depiction of native americans in film, from the silent era until today, featuring clips from hundreds of movies and candid interviews. Overzichtelijke website over films en acteurs actrices. A provocative and entertaining look at the portrayal of native americans in cinema to air november 2010 during native american heritage month.
In the documentary reel injun, a bemused canadian cree named neil diamond holds the celluloid image of the american indian up to the light. Reel injun illustrates how native people have contributed much to american cinema both in front of and behind the camera, despite hollywoods frequent stereotypical portrayal of indians. National film board of canada, rezolution pictures productie landen. A mining disaster in northern quebec and cree spoken here, along with three seasons of dab iyiyuu, a series for the aboriginal peoples. Released in 2009, reel injun was a canadian documentary film that beautifully explored the portrayal of native americans. Working with rezolution pictures, diamond has directed the documentary films reel injun, the last explorer, one more river, heavy metal. Ive never seen john wayne in the searchers 1956, but after watching reel injun, a pbs documentary airing tonight, im pretty sure i dont ever want to. By creating his documentary, neil diamond was able to draw attention to all the stereotypes hollywood has used, and looking at them all together seems to show the absurdity and damage. The film directors were the cree moviemakers namely. Reel injun traces the evolution of cinemas depiction of native people from the silent film era to today, with clips from hundreds of classic and recent hollywood movies, and candid interviews with celebrated native and nonnative film celebrities, activists, film critics, and historians.
Reel injun traces the evolution of cinemas depiction of native people from the silent film era to today, with. Reel injun, a provocative and entertaining look at the. Reel injun began a limited release at theaters in toronto and vancouver. Its unfortunate that reel injun doesnt do much to help in that regard. This feature length documentary is a stunning portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema. In his documentary reel injun the cree filmmaker neil diamond takes a road trip to places that resonate in american indian history, including the black hills of south dakota. Reel injun 2010 is a documentary, western movie starring adam beach and charlie hill.
Neil diamond is a creecanadian filmmaker based in montreal, quebec, canada, born and raised in waskaganish, quebec. Wildcard searching if you want to search for multiple variations of a word, you can substitute a special symbol called a wildcard for one or more letters. The evolution of the depiction of native americans in film, from the silent era until today, featuring clips from hundreds of movies and candid interviews with famous directors. Reel injun download, play, copy, rip, introduction and. On the trail of the hollywood indian, through a century of filmmaking. Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. Reel injun received three awards at the 2010 gemini awards. Reel injun takes viewers through a chronological treatment of first nations peoples in film and television.
February 19, 2010 for diamond, reel injun is a highly personal odyssey, undertaken in an attempt to reconcile the realities of his native childhood with the natives he saw portrayed on screen. Graham greene, adam beach, clint eastwood, jim jarmusch, robbie robertson, zacharias kunuk and others appear in this entertaining. Reel injun native americans portrayal in hollywood independent. Reel injun with ariel smith, melanie hadley, and cowboy smithx. An entertaining, insightful and incisive documentary on the history of first peoples representation on screen, reel injun seeks to redress the stereotypes and misconceptions created by a. Neil diamond, jeremiah hayes and catherine beinbridge. Hollywood, history, and the great white lie tell the stories of how mainstream. Given a formidable, fascinating subject the depiction of. The history of the depiction of native americans in hollywood films. As america began to advance and construct a national and cultural identity, they were fascinated by natives and their values. The trailer for reel injun reel injun is cree filmmaker neil diamonds entertaining and insightful look at the hollywood indian. Watch reel injun 2010 full movie online free hd ultra.
Throughout the documentary reel injun, it is evident that american hollywood films inaccurately represent indigenous culture which, has resulted in a loss of cultural identity, discrimination and social alienation in the decades of the 1900s. Reel injun was also made for the native youth of north. The evolution of the depiction of native americans in film, from the silent era until today, featuring clips from hundreds of movies and candid interviews with famous directors, writers and actors, native and nonnative. Reel injun is a 2010 canada documentary film starring adam beach directed by christina fon and produced by national film board of canada with duration 86 min. Since the dawn of cinema, hollywood has made over 4,000 films about native people over 100 years of movies that shape the way we see indians and the way indians see themselves. Reel injun pelicula completa, ver online y descargar. Review of the reel injun film the movie reel injun is a canadian film that was released in 2009. Cree director neil diamonds real look at reel indians. Watch reel injun 2009 full movie free online streaming. This feature length documentary references several well known films and features interviews with native filmmakers, critics, and community leaders including chris eyre, a prolific director and john trudell, a leader in the american indian movement aim. Docu reel injun 2010hdtv x264 aac megalinks megadb. It highlighted the lifestyle of figures like iron eyes cody, an italian american who was able to reinvent himself as an american on screen. Reel injun with ariel smith, melanie hadley, and cowboy. In the plus column for reel injun 2009 is its examination of how american indians often bought into the same myths and misinterpretations as did many whites who grew up seeing films that either denigrated native americans as red savages or elevated them to wise, noble, and tragic children of nature.
Reel injun had its local montreal premiere at the international festival of films on art, followed by a commercial run at the cinema du parc. Reel injun, a provocative and entertaining look at the portrayal of native americans in cinema to air november 2, 2010. When neil diamond was a boy growing up on a james bay cree reserve, he. By sandra hale schulman news from indian country october 2010 hollywood has made over 4000 films about native people. In fact, not only will it inform any discussion revolving. Containing candid interviews with celebrated directors, writers, actors and activists, including clint eastwood million dollar baby, robbie robertson the last waltz, sacheen littlefeather, john trudell, and russell means, reel injun is an insightful and essential compendium for understanding the racial politics of hollywood and the. Reel injun will most likely give you a new perspective the next time you watch john wayne battle native americans. Reel injun is a 2009 canadian documentary film directed by cree filmmaker neil diamond.
For example, world war ii with quotes will give more precise results than world war ii without quotes. Full movie online free hd the evolution of the depiction of native americans in film, from the silent era until today. Cree filmmaker neil diamond explores hollywoods portrayal of native americans in a century of cinema. Reel injun was also made for the native youth of north america, to remind them of their peoples past as well as the recent contributions of natives to the art of film. Reel injun dances with wolves and other native american.
Reel injun is a wonderful primer for all things cinematic of the native american portrayal in hollywood. This friday, the weisman art museum and the wam collective the museums student group are screening reel injun, cree filmmaker neil diamonds documentary exploring how indigenous people have been portrayed by hollywood over the years. Shooting reel injun taught me and the entire crew a lot about the history of american cinema and about world cinema as well. Reel injun dances with wolves and other native american stereotypes by andrew schenker. Hollywood has made over 4000 films about native people. With the documentary reel injun, filmmaker neil diamond seeks to explore the history of native americans in films, seeking to correct the record whenever possible, while undertaking a personal. An entertaining and provocative look at hollywoods depiction of native americans, reel injun journeys through a century of cinema to set the record straight. Reel injun explores aboriginal cinema stereotypes the. Download play reel injun and copy or rip reel injun dvdblurayuhd discs. Anyone interested in the construction in the american injun and the unfortunate stereotypes perpetuated by hollywood should definitely purchase this documentary. Maybe i was expecting too much from an 86 minute doc. Reel injun traces the evolution of cinemas depiction of native people from the silent film era to today, with clips from hundreds of classic and recent hollywood movies, and candid interviews. Hopefully there will be a follow up to reel injun that focuses more on who aboriginal people are, as opposed to what they are not.
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