Imagining Indians - PREVIEW

Purchase: http://der.org/films/imagining-indians.html 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. 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 to address these impositions on our tribal lives...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."

a film by Victor Masayesva Jr.
distributed by Documentary Educational Resources

Category:

Education

Tags:

• identity
• politics
• native
• American
• indian
• ritual
• tradition
• Hopi
• documentary

[MrJpigeon1]

agreed.



[histerics3]

I really want to see this film, but it is too expensive to get for myself, maybe I can get my library to order it. Love Masayesva's work.