Navajo Talking Picture

Navajo Talking Picture
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 248
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ISBN-10 : 9780803240827
ISBN-13 : 0803240821
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Book Synopsis Navajo Talking Picture by : Randolph Lewis

Download or read book Navajo Talking Picture written by Randolph Lewis and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navajo Talking Picture, released in 1985, is one of the earliest and most controversial works of Native cinema. It is a documentary by Los Angeles filmmaker Arlene Bowman, who travels to the Navajo reservation to record the traditional ways of her grandmother in order to understand her own cultural heritage. For reasons that have often confused viewers, the filmmaker persists despite her traditional grandmother’s forceful objections to the apparent invasion of her privacy. What emerges is a strange and thought-provoking work that abruptly calls into question the issue of insider versus outsider and other assumptions that have obscured the complexities of Native art. Randolph Lewis offers an insightful introduction and analysis of Navajo Talking Picture, in which he shows that it is not simply the first Navajo-produced film but also a path-breaking work in the history of indigenous media in the United States. Placing the film in a number of revealing contexts, including the long history of Navajo people working in Hollywood, the ethics of documentary filmmaking, and the often problematic reception of Native art, Lewis explores the tensions and mysteries hidden in this unsettling but fascinating film.


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