Screening Culture Constructing Image and Identity

by Nicholson, Heather Norris; Averbach, Maragara; Bacon, Josephine; Bissley, Jackie; Geller, Peter; Gerster, Carole; Kingston, Deanna; Manzano, Jorgé; Miller, Mary Jane; Niro, Shelley; Olsen, Sylvia; Palys, Ted; Rosenstein, Jay; Teters, Charlene; Thibault, M

• ISBN13: 9780739105214
• ISBN10: 0739105213
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-14
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

The lives of Indigenous peoples have long been framed for the outside world by others' cinematic gaze. But during the past thirty years, North America's Indigenous image-makers, particularly in Canada, have used the changing technologies of film, video, television, and computer to present their peoples' histories, identities, and perspectives. This edited collection of essays, conversations, and interviews combines Indigenous and non-Indigenous voices as it sets changing representations of Indigenous people on screen against broader socio-cultural, ideological and economic considerations.

Table of Contents

Figures	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
Introduction	1	(10)
Part One. Framed by Outsiders: North America's Indigenous Peoples in Film and Television
Introduction	11	(8)
Histories of Convenience: Images of Aboriginal Peoples in Film, Policy, and Research	19	(16)
Ted Palys
``Dancing with Wolves'': How to Repeat Old Tricks and Look New at the Same Time	35	(12)
Margara Averbach
Reclaiming Indian Identity: Independent Films as Hollywood Alternatives	47	(12)
Carole Gerster
The CBC and Its Presentation of the Native Peoples of Canada in Television Drama	59	(18)
Mary Jane Miller
Moving Through Shadows and Light: Sharing Thoughts and Stories	77	(26)
Jackie Bissley
Heather Norris Nicholson
Part Two. Cultural Representation and Archival Film Footage
Introduction	93	(10)
Into the Glorious Dawn: From Arctic Home Movie to Missionary Cinema	103	(10)
Peter Geller
Remembering Our Namesakes	113	(30)
Deanna Kingston
Part Three. Aboriginal Filmmaking: Perspectives and Practice
Introduction	127	(16)
Listen with the Ear to Your Heart: A Conversation about Story, Voice, and Bearing Witness	143	(14)
Christine Welsh
Sylvia Olsen
Making Things Happen through Parody and Visual Irony: Reflecting on the Work of Shelley Niro	157	(12)
Heather Norris Nicholson
Tshishe Mishtikuashisht---Le Petit Grand Europeen; Feasting on Memories: Reflections on a Conversation with Josephine Bacon	169	(22)
Heather Norris Nicholson
Part Four. A Continuing Role for Non-Aboriginal Filmmakers?
Introduction	179	(12)
From Documentary to Social Sciences: How the Issue of Representing the Other Emerges	191	(16)
Thibault Martin
``In Whose Honor?'' Reflecting on a Conversation with Charlene Teters and Jay Rosenstein	207	(16)
Heather Norris Nicholson
``Living within and between Various Worlds and Identities'': A Conversation with Jorge Manzano	223	(14)
Heather Norris Nicholson
Afterword	237	(8)
Bibliography	245	(36)
Appendixes
1. Aboriginal Film and Canadian Timeline	261	(6)
2. Videography	267	(8)
3. Resources	275	(6)
Index	281	(14)
About the Contributors	295