Alanis Obomsawin: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker

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Kim — University of Nebraska Press / Page 255 / / ALANIS OBOMSAWIN / Randolph Lewis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 [First Page] [255], (1) Lines: 0 to 129 ——— 0.0pt PgVar ——— Normal Page PgEnds: TEX [255], (1) index Abenakis: eugenics and, 5–6, 220n13; gender roles among, 76; history of, 2–9, 61–64, 195–96; language of, 2; oral tradition of, 61–64 Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, 196–97, 238n66 Ackerman, Lillian A., 74 Acts of Defiance (MacLeod), 116–17 Agee, James, 143–44, 150 Alexie, Sherman, 125–26 “Amerindian autohistory,” 140 Apocalypse Now (Coppola), 104 Appleford, Robert, 144 Armstrong, Jeannette, 76 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Kunuk), 125 Atsenhaienton, 178, 182 Bailey, Cameron, 58 The Ballad of Crowfoot (Dunn), 30 Baudrillard, Jean, 66 Beaucage, Marjorie, 178 Beautiful Losers (Cohen), 13–22, 149 Berry, Wendell, 46, 120–21 Bhaba, Homi, 136 The Birth of a Nation (Griffith), 9 Bourdieu, Pierre, 204–5 Bowman, Arlene, 79–84, 126 Bruchac, Joseph, 13, 67 Burdeau, George, 124, 179 Burns, Ken, 134 Came, Barry, 102 Canada: documentary’s role in national identity of, 134–35; Obomawin’s frustration with mainstream attitudes of, 46, 119, 200; Obomsawin’s praise for, 201; stereotypical image of, xiv, 108; treatment of Native people of, xiv, 46, 48, 50–55, 58, 88–95, 108, 159–60, 171 Canadian film studies, xiv Canadian television, 91–94, 109, 165, 171 Capturing the Friedmans (Jarecki), 203 Cardinal, Gil, 30 Cardinal, Tantoo, 81 Carr, Lena, 79–84, 125–26 Challenge for Change (nfb program), 31, 130–31, 232n16 Chirac, Jacques, 125 Ciaccia, John, 88–89 cinema of sovereignty, xxii, 137, 173, 179–92 Cizek, Katerina, 197 Kim — University of Nebraska Press / Page 256 / / ALANIS OBOMSAWIN / Randolph Lewis 256 INDEX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 [256], (2) Lines: 129 to 247 ——— 0.0pt PgVar ——— Short Page PgEnds: TEX [256], (2) Cohen, Leonard, 13–22, 149 Cold Journey (Defalco), 32–33 Coles, Robert, 36 Concert for the People of Kampuchea (McMillan), 46 Cranmer, Barb, 79–84 Cross, Ronnie (“Lasagne”), 101 Crothers, Leo, 54 Czach, Liz, 168 David, Dan, 91 Day, Gordon, 61 de Antonio, Emile, xix, 141, 155 Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief (Geddes), 81 documentary film: and the “allure of the real,” 133–39; as “Amerindian autohistory,” 140; Bálazs on, 101; compared to literature, 147–49; didacticism of, 60; as employed by indigenous people, xv, 122–26; as extension of oral tradition, 64–65; Griersonian approach to, 127–33; as historiography, 139–41; independence of, xx–xxii; as limitations of, 136–38, 146; literature on, 126, 146; “middle ground,” 117–21; and national identity , 134–35; Obomsawin’s faith in, 120; power of, 146–49, 198; reputation of, 153; and social change, 55, 142–43 documentary studies, 126, 146, 180 Dorris, Michael, 64 Dunn, Willie, 30 epistephilia, 142 eugenics, 5–6 Eyre, Chris, 125 Fahrenheit 9/11 (Moore), 198, 203 feminism, 40–41, 71–72, 227n14 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 6 Fiske, John, xxii Fitzgerald, Paul, 164 Flaherty, Robert, 155 Forgotten Warriors (Todd), 80 Fulford, Robert, 132 Gabriel, Ellen, 96, 97, 99, 108, 110 Garroutte, Eva, xvi, 184–85 Geddes, Carol, 66, 79–84, 126 Getino, Octavio, 138 Giguére, Nicole, 77 Ginsburg, Faye, 131, 180, 237n46, 228n16 Gitlin, Todd, 154–55 Goodine, Agatha Marie, 45 Greaves, William, 31 Grierson, John, 29, 126–33 Gwishalaayt: The Spirit Wraps around You (Cranmer), 82 Hallowell, A. Irving, 195 Hands of History (Todd), 82 Harlan County, U.S.A. (Kopple), 108 Harold of Orange (Vizenor), 125 Hebdige, Dick, 188 Hogarth, David, 134, 136–37 Hollywood: depictions of Native people , 13; depictions of Native women, 73–74 Horne, Randy (“Spudwrench”), 106, 111 Indian Act of 1876, 7, 43–44, 220n17, 223n8 Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990, 177 indigenous aesthetics, 69 indigenous media: dominance of documentary in, 122–26; growth of, 175; interest in, xviii–xix, 236n41; by Native women in North America , 79–84; in New Zealand, xiii, 72; Obomsawin’s belief in, 200; and primitivism, 188; in South America, 180. See also cinema of sovereignty; documentary film; representational sovereignty indigenous representation, politics of, 173–77 [18.225.255.134] Project MUSE (2024-04-18 09...