Traveling through the heartland of america, diamond looks at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds understanding and misunderstanding of natives. Neil diamond one of canadas foremost aboriginal filmmakers and photographers, neil diamond hails from the cree community of waskaganish. Reel injun takes an entertaining and insightful look at the hollywood indian, exploring the portrayal. From cree filmmaker neil diamond, an entertaining and insightful look at the portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema. In his documentary reel injun the cree filmmaker neil diamond takes a road trip to places that resonate in american indian history. Neil diamond considers hollywoods indians the new york times.
Travelling through the heartland of america, diamond looks at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds. This feature length documentary is a stunning portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema. The years 2011 and 2012 were marked by several milestones in diamond s career. May 05, 2015 in his peabody awardwinning documentary reel injun, the cree filmmaker neil diamond explored hollywood depictions of native americans over the years, and found they fell into a few. Real injun, a documentary by cree filmmaker neil diamond that delves into a century of cinema history to explore how native americans have been portrayed on. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated native and nonnative directors, writers, actors and activists including clint eastwood, robbie robertson, from cree filmmaker neil diamond, an.
Nov 02, 2010 cree filmmaker neil diamond takes a look at the hollywood indian, exploring the portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema. Travelling through the heartland of america, cree filmmaker, neil diamond looks at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds understanding, and misunderstanding, of natives. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films. Cree filmmaker neil diamond set out in his dilapidated rez car to showcase and prove these many stereotypes wrong. The film is presented as part of the campus 2012 global film series. Watch reel injun 2009 full movie free online streaming. Neil diamond considers hollywoods indians the new york. Reel injun is illustrated with excerpts from classic and contemporary portrayals of native people in hollywood movies and interviews with filmmakers, actors and. Apr 20, 2017 as this is a film and tv blog specifically, my small contribution today to the ongoing plight of native americans is cree filmmaker neil diamond s documentary reel injun which takes a look at the hollywood indian, exploring the portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema. As this is a film and tv blog specifically, my small contribution today to the ongoing plight of native americans is cree filmmaker neil diamonds documentary reel injun which takes a look at the hollywood indian, exploring. Cree filmmaker neil diamond explores hollywoods portrayal of native americans in a century of cinema. Neil diamond is a cree filmmaker based in montreal, quebec, canada, born and raised in waskaganish, quebec. Cree filmmaker neil diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the hollywood indian, exploring the portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema. In the 2008 docudrama the last explorer, diamond explored the story of hi.
Cree indian filmmaker, neil diamond, sets off on a crosscountry journey to explore his hollywood roots. Native american actors work to overcome a longdocumented bias. The public is invited to a free screening of reel injun at 6 p. Traveling through the heartland of america, cree filmmaker neil diamond looks at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds understanding and misunderstanding.
Hollywood has made over 4000 films about native people. Reel injun by ernest webb overdrive rakuten overdrive. His debut film, cree spoken here, garnered the telefilmaptn award for best aboriginal. His debut film, cree spoken here, garnered the telefilmaptn award for best aboriginal documentary. Director neil diamond, catherine bainbridge, jeremiah hayes.
Independent lens season 12 episode 3 rotten tomatoes. This friday, the weisman art museum and the wam collective the museums student group are screening reel injun, cree filmmaker neil diamond s documentary exploring how indigenous people have. His recent credits include the last explorer, a featurelength docudrama retracing the steps of his great uncle, aboriginal guide george elson, on an illfated voyage into the heart of uncharted labrador. Hollywood, oscars, and reel injuns cultural survival. Working with rezolution pictures, diamond has directed the documentary films reel injun, the last explorer, one more river, heavy metal. A mining disaster in northern quebec and cree spoken here, along with three seasons of dab iyiyuu, a series for the. But as filmmakers zacharias kunuk and neil diamond discovered, the long conflict between the two native peoples still echoes through their presentday relations. Featuring hundreds of clips from old classics as well as recent releases, the film traces the evolution of the hollywood indian. Reel injun, a documentary created and directed by cree first nations filmmaker neil diamond, chronicles hollywoods portrayals of native americans from the silentfilm era to the present. Neil diamond is a cree filmmaker based in montreal, quebec, born and raised in waskaganish, quebec. Traveling through the heartland of america, diamond looks at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds understandingand misunderstandingof natives.
Go on the trail of the hollywood indian in cree filmmaker. Jun 14, 2010 in his documentary reel injun the cree filmmaker neil diamond takes a road trip to places that resonate in american indian history, including the black hills of south dakota, the crow agency. Reel injun examines native american portrayals in hollywood. Cree filmmaker neil diamond takes an insightful and humorous look at the hollywood indian, exploring the portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema and examining the ways that the myth of. Neil diamond is a creecanadian filmmaker based in montreal, quebec, canada, born and raised in waskaganish, quebec. As he rooted for the cowboys, he didnt realize that the actors playing the natives were white, or that they were supposed to represent aboriginal culture. Neil diamond is a cree canadian filmmaker based in montreal, quebec, canada, born and raised in waskaganish, quebec. Watch reel injun 2009 full movie free online streaming tubi. Travelling through the heartland of america, diamond looks at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds understanding and. The war in northern quebec began before there was a quebec, before anyone but cree and inuit lived there, and it ended more than two centuries ago. Reel injun national center for civil and human rights. Real injun, a documentary by cree filmmaker neil diamond that delves into a century of cinema history to explore how native americans have been portrayed on screen. Narrated by diamond with infectious enthusiasm and good. Reel injun in this featurelength documentary, cree filmmaker neil diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the portrayal of north american indigenous people.
Reel injun 2009 88 min, by neil diamond, with catherine bainbridge and jeremiah hayes. A mining disaster in northern quebec and cree spoken here, along with three seasons of dab iyiyuu, a series for the aboriginal peoples television network about cree elders. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated native and nonnative directors, writers, actors and activists including clint eastwood, robbie robertson, from cree. Reel injun, codirected and cowritten by cree filmmaker neil diamond which opens on friday february 19, is a historical survey of how native people have been portrayed in one of the most influential shapers of popular culture. Travelling through the heartland of america, diamond looks at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds understanding and misunderstanding of natives. Cree filmmaker neil diamond examines hollywoods depiction of native americans in reel injun via movie clips and comments from actors and filmmakers, including adam beach, clint eastwood, graham. Cree filmmaker neil diamond goes on a journey to reveal how hollywoods portrayal of indians influences the worlds understanding and misunderstanding of native people. Reel injun is a rich tool to examine the most serious issues regarding these depictions, including topics such as injuns in hollywood. He is the second most successful adult contemporary artist ever on the billboard charts. Cree filmmaker tackles the hollywood injun red deer advocate. Neil diamond filmmaker neil diamond is a cree filmmaker based in montreal, quebec, born and raised in waskaganish, quebec.
Cree filmmaker neil diamond takes a look at the hollywood indian, exploring the portrayal of north american natives through a century of cinema. This friday, the weisman art museum and the wam collective the museums student group are screening reel injun, cree filmmaker neil diamonds. Cree filmmaker neil diamond, from northern quebec near the arctic circle, has made a documentary tracing the history of hollywoods representation of native americans. Reel injun explores hollywoods portrayal of native. His most recent film was inuit cree reconciliation with filmmaker zacharias kunuk. A mining disaster in northern quebec and cree spoken here, along with three seasons of dab iyiyuu, a series for the aboriginal peoples television. Heres a sobering yet humorous documentary by cree filmmaker neil diamond, which looks at the history of hollywoods portrayal of native americansfrom the exoticization to the downright violent and ridiculous. He is the third most successful adult contemporary artist on the billboard charts behind elton john and onetime duet partner barbra. A mining disaster in northern quebec and cree spoken here, along with three seasons of dab iyiyuu, a series for the aboriginal peoples. Reel injun native americans portrayal in hollywood. Travelling through the heartland of america, cree filmmaker neil diamond looks at how the myth of the injun has influenced the worlds understanding and misunderstanding of natives. Cree filmmaker neil diamond remembers watching breel westerns as a child in the basement of the local church in waskaganish, in northern quebec. Neil diamonds greatest hits compilation album by neil diamond released august 3, 1968 wikipedia.
In his peabody awardwinning documentary reel injun, the cree filmmaker neil diamond explored hollywood depictions of native americans over. Neil leslie diamond born january 24, 1941 is an american singersongwriter and musician with a career that began in the 1960s. Reel injun is cree filmmaker neil diamonds entertaining and insightful look at the hollywood indian. A mining disaster in northern quebec and cree spoken here, along with three seasons of dab iyiyuu, a series.
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