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Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Native American Film and Video
Beverly R. Singer
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Description for Wiping the War Paint off the Lens: Native American Film and Video
Paperback. Series: Visible Evidence. Num Pages: 126 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 181 x 8. Weight in Grams: 285.
The first comprehensive exploration of Native American filmmaking and video production.
Native Americans have thrown themselves into filmmaking since the mid-1970s, producing hundreds of films and videos, and their body of work has had great impact on Native cultures and filmmaking itself. With their cameras, they capture the lives of Native people, celebrating community, ancestral lifeways, and identity. Not only artistic statements, the films are archives that document rich and complex Native communities and counter mainstream media portrayals.
Wiping the War Paint off the Lens traces the history of Native experiences as subjects, actors, and creators, and develops a critical framework for approaching Native work. Singer positions Native media as part of a larger struggle for "cultural sovereignty"-the right to maintain and protect cultures and traditions. Taking it out of a European-American context, she reframes the discourse of filmmaking, exploring oral histories and ancient lifeways inform Native filmmaking and how it seeks to heal the devastation of the past. Singer’s approach is both cultural and personal, provides both historical views and close textual readings, and may well set the terms of the critical debate on Native filmmaking.Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
Series
Visible Evidence
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816631612
SKU
V9780816631612
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About Beverly R. Singer
Beverly R. Singer is a filmmaker and director of the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies at the University of New Mexico.
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