Wiping the War Paint Off the Lens: Native American Film and Video (Visible Evidence, V. 10)

Beverly R. Singer

ISBN 10: 0816631603 / ISBN 13: 9780816631605

Published by Univ of Minnesota Pr, 2002

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Synopsis:

Native Americans have thrown themselves into filmmaking since the mid-1970s, producing hundreds of films and videos, and their body of work has had great impact on Native cultures and filmmaking itself. With their cameras, they capture the lives of Native people, celebrating community, ancestral lifeways, and identity. Not only artistic statements, the films are archives that document rich and complex Native communities and counter mainstream media portrayals.

Wiping the War Paint off the Lens traces the history of Native experiences as subjects, actors, and creators, and develops a critical framework for approaching Native work. Singer positions Native media as part of a larger struggle for "cultural sovereignty"-the right to maintain and protect cultures and traditions. Taking it out of a European-American context, she reframes the discourse of filmmaking, exploring oral histories and ancient lifeways inform Native filmmaking and how it seeks to heal the devastation of the past. Singer's approach is both cultural and personal, provides both historical views and close textual readings, and may well set the terms of the critical debate on Native filmmaking.

Beverly R. Singer is a filmmaker and director of the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies at the University of New Mexico.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Wiping the War Paint Off the Lens: Native ...
Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket