Alanis Obomsawin: the vision of a native filmmaker
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Main Author: Lewis, Randolph (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press c2006
Series:American Indian lives
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-254) and index
Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Abenaki Beginnings -- 2. Early Films -- 3. A Gendered Gaze? -- 4. Documentary on the Middle Ground -- 5. Why Documentary? -- 6. Cinema of Sovereignty -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Filmography -- Appendix B: Native Documentaries -- Notes -- Bibliography
In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television. In this book, the first devoted to any Native filmmaker, Obomsawin receives her due as the central figure in the development of indigenous media in North America
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 260 p.)
ISBN:0803256280
1280374713
9780803256286
9781280374715

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