Reverse shots : indigenous film and media in an international context / Wendy Gay Pearson and Susan Knabe, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pearson, Wendy G.

Knabe, Susan Margaret, 1962-

Series:

Film + media studies

Film and media studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous films--History and criticism.

Indigenous films.

Indigenous peoples in motion pictures.

Indigenous peoples and mass media.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2015]

Summary:

From the dawn of cinema, images of Indigenous peoples have been dominated by Hollywood stereotypes and often-negative depictions from elsewhere around the world. With the advent of digital technologies, however, many Indigenous peoples are working to redress the imbalance in numbers and counter the negativity. The contributors to Reverse Shots offer a unique scholarly perspective on current work in the world of Indigenous film and media. Chapters focus primarily on Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and cover areas as diverse as the use of digital technology in the creation of Aboriginal art, the healing effects of Native humour in First Nations documentaries, and the representation of the pre-colonial in films from Australia, Canada, and Norway. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Dream Makers

Globalizing Indigenous Film and Media / Wendy Gay Pearson Pearson, Wendy Gay, Susan Knabe Knabe, Susan 3

He Who Dreams: Reflections on an Indigenous Life in Film / Michael Greyeyes Greyeyes, Michael 41

Part II Decolonizing Histories

Speakin' Out Blak: New and Emergent Aboriginal Filmmakers Finding Their Voices / Ernie Blackmore Blackmore, Ernie 61

Taking Pictures B(l)ack: The Work of Tracey Moffatt / Susan Knabe Knabe, Susan 81

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen: Arctic History as Post/Colonial Cinema / Kerstin Knopf Knopf, Kerstin 103

Australian Indigenous Short Film as a Pedagogical Device: Introducing Wayne Blair's The Djam Djarns and Black Talk / Colleen McGloin McGloin, Colleen 131

"Once upon a Time in a Land Far, Far Away": Representations of the Pre-Colonial World in Atanarjuat, Ofelas, and 10 Canoes / Wendy Gay Pearson Pearson, Wendy Gay 143

Part III Mediating Practices

Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou: Indigenous Television in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Jo Smith Smith, Jo, Sue Abel Abel, Sue 175

Superhighway across the Sky... Aboriginal New Media Arts in Australia: A Remix and Email Conversation between Adam Szymanski and Jenny Fraser / Jenny Fraser Fraser, Jenny, Adam Szymanski Szymanski, Adam 169

On Collectivity and the Limits of Collaboration: Caching Igloolik Video in the South / Erin Morton Morton, Erin, Taryn Shove Shove, Taryn 199

Part IV Documentary Approaches

The Prince George Métis Elders Documentary Project: Matching Product with Process in New Forms of Documentary / Stephen Foster Foster, Stephen, Mike Evans Evans, Mike 221

"Whacking the Indigenous Funny Bone": Native Humour and Its Healing Powers in Drew Hayden Taylor's Redskins, Tricksters, and Puppy Stew / Ute Lischke Lischke, Ute 233

Situating Indigenous Knowledges: The Talking Back of Alanis Obomsawin and Shelley Niro / Maeghan Pirie Pirie, Maeghan 247

"I Wanted to Say How Beautiful We Are": Cultural Politics in Loretta Todd's Hands of History / Gail Vanstone Vanstone, Gail 265

Part V Other Perspectives

Filming Indigeneity as Flânerie: Dialectic and Subtext in Terranee Odette's Heater / Tanis MacDonald MacDonald, Tanis 285

Playing with Land Issues: Subversive Hybridity in The Price of Milk / Davinia Thornley Thornley, Davinia 301.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781554583355

1554583357

OCLC:

899287770