Imagining Indians
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Masayesva Victor ;
- Editeurs : Watertown Documentary Educational Resources [éd., distrib.] ;
- Date d'édition : 2005
- Sujets : Films documentaires -- Amérique, Films ethnographiques, Indiens d'Amérique, États-Unis
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD vidéo monoface simple couche zone 0 (60 min), Coul. (SECAM)
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Film en version originale en anglais
Résumé
With an all Indian crew, Victor Masayesva visited tribal communities in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Washington and the Amazon to produce this film. This Hopi filmmaker presents a Native perspective on the misrepresentation of Native Americans in feature films. Intercut through all this is a subtheme about how a romanticized 'noble savage' view of American Indians has gone hand-in-hand with the commodification (commercialism) and appropriation of their arts and material culture. V. Masayesva says, 'Coming from a village which became embroiled in the filming of Darkwind, a Hollywood production on the Hopi Reservation, I felt a keen responsibility as a community member, not an individual, to address these impositions on our tribal lives. Even as our communities say no, outsiders are responding to this as a challenge instead of respecting our feelings....I have come to believe that the sacred aspects of our existence which encourages the continuity and vitality of Native peoples are being manipulated by an aesthetic in which money is the most important qualification. This contradicts the values intrinsic to what's sacred and may destroy our substance. I am concerned about a tribal and community future which is reflected in my film and I hope this challenges the viewer to overcome glamorized Hollywood views of the Native American, which obscures the difficult demands of walking the spiritual road of our ancestors.'