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Indigenous Media Gone Global: Strengthening Indigenous Identity On- and Offscreen at the First Nations\First Features Film Showcase.
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American Anthropologist . Jun2006, Vol. 108 Issue 2, p376-384. 9p. 4 Black and White Photographs. - Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- For 12 days in May 2005, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), as well as several other screening venues in Washington, D.C., hosted a group of renowned indigenous filmmakers from around the globe for the ground-breaking film showcase, ‘First Nations\First Features: A Showcase of World Indigenous Film and Media.’ This film showcase highlighted the innovative ways in which indigenous filmmakers draw on indigenous storytelling practices to create cinematic visions that honor their long-standing indigenous cultural worlds while reaching local and world audiences. In this essay, I highlight the onscreen impact through an analysis of several films featured in First Nations\First Features, as well as the offscreen impact emphasizing how the indigenous directors used this opportunity to strengthen social networks and share experience in this industry, which may develop into future collaborative film projects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MUSEUMS
*FILMMAKERS
*MASS media
*CULTURE
*INDIGENOUS peoples
*PHOTOGRAPHIC film
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00027294
- Volume :
- 108
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- American Anthropologist
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21171515
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.2006.108.2.376