It highlighted the lifestyle of figures like iron eyes cody, an italian american who was able to reinvent himself as an american on screen. On the trail of the hollywood indian 02 nov 2010 8. The trailer for the feature documentary reel injun. Cree filmmaker neil diamond examines hollywoods depiction of native americans in reel injun.
Neil diamond is a creecanadian filmmaker based in montreal, quebec, canada, born and raised in waskaganish, quebec. Shooting reel injun taught me and the entire crew a lot about the history of american cinema and about world cinema as well. This feature length documentary is a stunning portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema. Season 12 opens with new host america ferrera introducing meghan eckmans quirky and acclaimed parking lot movie, which focuses on the world of parkinglot attendants at one charlottesville, va. Reel injun explores aboriginal cinema stereotypes the. A look at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds understanding and misunderstanding of natives. On the trail of the hollywood indian, an independent lens film. He was an actor and writer, known for impure thoughts 1986, the bionic woman 1976 and indian time 1989. See campuswide covid19 updates see scribner library updates. Reel injun documentary explores native american stereotypes. A documentary coming to pbs in november, reel injun. Red carpet report on mingle media tv 23,711 views 3.
Cree filmmaker neil diamond examines hollywoods depiction of native americans in reel injun via movie clips and comments from actors and filmmakers. Announcing the 201011 itvs community cinema series at. Reel injun native americans portrayal in hollywood. 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. Documentary episode aired 2 november 2010 previous all episodes 430 next add a plot.
A movie with a mission, that of touting and contributing to a renascent cultural pride, reel injun chronicles over a centurys evolving picture of that culture. Cree filmmaker neil diamond examines hollywoods depiction of native americans in reel injun via movie clips and comments. On the trail of the hollywood indian, through a century of filmmaking. Watch independent lens episodes online season 12 2011. Released in 2009, reel injun was a canadian documentary film that beautifully explored the portrayal of native americans. For example, world war ii with quotes will give more precise results than world war ii without quotes. Cree filmmaker neil diamond examines hollywoods depiction of native americans in reel injun via.
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. Reel injun explores aboriginal cinema stereotypes by admin october 19, 2010 most north americans, even those who arent fans of westerns, have played cowboys and indians when they were children. 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. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated native and nonnative directors, writers, actors and activists, including clint eastwood, robbie robertson, sacheen littlefeather, john trudell and russell means, reel injun traces the evolution of cinemas depiction of native people from the silent film. The thread is cree native indian directorcowriter neil diamonds res car, i. Phrase searching you can use double quotes to search for a series of words in a particular order. Working with rezolution pictures, diamond has directed the documentary films reel injun, the last explorer, one more river, heavy metal. 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. A mining disaster in northern quebec and cree spoken here, along with three seasons of dab iyiyuu, a series for the aboriginal peoples. Charlie hill was born on july 6, 1951 in detroit, michigan, usa as charles allan hill. On the trail of the hollywood indian by neil diamond reel injun is an entertaining trip through the evolution of north american native people the indians as portrayed in famous hollywood movies, from the silent era to today. Neil diamonds documentary reel injun considers shifting. Travelling through the heartland of america, cree filmmaker neil diamond looks.
Cree filmmaker neil diamond takes an entertaining, insightful, and often humorous look at the hollywood indian, exploring the portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema and examining the myth of the injun. It aired on november 2, 2010 on the pbs series independent lens. 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. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with. The trailer for reel injun reel injun is cree filmmaker neil diamonds entertaining and insightful look at the hollywood indian. Reel injun is a 2009 canadian documentary film directed by cree filmmaker neil diamond.
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. Reel injun received three awards at the 2010 gemini awards. 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. Americans, reel injun journeys through a century of cinema to set the record straight. Diamond films a series of bittersweet, and sometimes bitingly funny, encounters. 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. Due to campuswide coronavirus precautions, library hours will differ from normal. Adam beach, evan adams, gary farmer and irene bedard. Cree director neil diamonds real look at reel indians.
Reel injun native americans portrayal in hollywood independent. Travelling through the heartland of america, diamond looks at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds understanding and misunderstanding of natives. Previous all episodes 422 next add a plot directors. Featuring clips from hundreds of films, candid interviews with famous native and nonnative directors, writers and actors, reel injun traces how the image of first nations people in cinema have influenced the understanding and misunderstanding of their culture and history. Hollywood has made over 4000 films about native people. Featuring clips from hundreds of films, candid interviews with famous native and nonnative directors, writers and actors, reel injun traces how the image of first nations people in cinema have influenced the understanding and misunderstanding of their culture and. On the trail of the hollywood indian, an independent. While reel injun is a bit long, it is an interesting documentary that is worth checking out. Reel injun is not a peace pipe but a convincing case for a place at the table. Of course every kid knew that the injun was the bad guy because thats the way it was on tv and at the movies. 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.