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Author Lewis, Randolph, 1966-

Title Alanis Obomsawin : the vision of a native filmmaker / Randolph Lewis
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 260 pages) : illustrations
Series American Indian lives
American Indian lives.
Contents Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Abenaki Beginnings -- 2. Early Films -- 3. A Gendered Gaze? -- 4. Documentary on the Middle Ground -- 5. Why Documentary? -- 6. Cinema of Sovereignty -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Filmography -- Appendix B: Native Documentaries -- Notes -- Bibliography
Summary In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television. In this book, the first devoted to any Native filmmaker, Obomsawin receives her due as the central figure in the development of indigenous media in North America
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index
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Subject Obomsawin, Alanis -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Obomsawin, Alanis -- Criticism and interpretation
Obomsawin, Alanis fast
Subject Motion picture producers and directors -- Canada
Documentary films -- Canada
Indians in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production.
Motion picture producers and directors
Indians in motion pictures
Documentary films
Canada
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0803256280
9780803256286
1280374713
9781280374715
9786610374717
6610374716
0803229631
9780803229631