Analysis Of The Film Reel Injun

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Saleema Gadson Survey of U.S history Dr. Larry February 12, 2018 The Film Reel Injun introduced the world showing films that’s current and numerous clips of classics. This shows the action of distorting which means misleading the impression of Native people from the silent film era of today. Over time, Hollywood shaped the whole image of Native American people. Some people that were highly performed educated on films had personal interviews. This is what made Reel Injun unique. We witnessed Native and Non-Native Americans perspectives. The filmmaker a Cree, Neil Diamond revealed a great way of showing the portrayal of Native Americans in such a way that it distorted the US history and affected the Native Americans. He grew up in an isolated …show more content…

Tribal ganza where boys become Indians. So many people want to be Indians because it almost seems magical. People like David Teufner travels thousands of miles to join the camp because of how amazing it is. The unity of Natives is powerful. They stick around like family. In the 1930s, Native people were portrayed as savages. Americans needed heroes very badly. John Ford’s Stagecoach delivered the goods while also damaging the reputation of Native people and establishing a trend that lasted for decades: showing the savages constantly attacking the Whites. Native languages weren’t used. Instead Hollywood developed Tonto speech and all the big stars played Native roles (Anthony Quinn, Charles Bronson, Boris Karloff and even Elvis Presley). Americans loved …show more content…

Smoke Signals, directed by and starring Native people, ushered in the golden age of Aboriginal cinema. The story was not about what occurred one hundred years ago but about current-day “nativeness,” where there are no stereotypes and no stoic Indians. Many of this is changing up in our own homes. Little kids are growing up thinking native Americans and Indians are what they are as shown on television. Hypothetically speaking for myself this film educated me on Native Americans and I feel as though we should educate our young people at their age therefore they’ll have a better understanding of the realistic term of Native

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