Bearing Witness.
Hollywood Westerns long portrayed Native Americans as villains, glorifying Manifest Destiny and hiding genocide. In the 1960s-70s, films like Little Big Man and Soldier Blue finally humanized them and showed the massacres they endured.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Bridgestone Multimedia Group, 2024.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from title frames. Film In Process Record. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Irene Bedard, Tantoo Cardinal |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Originally produced by Bridgestone Multimedia Group in 2024. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Genre: | Documentary films. |
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Electronic resources
https://innisfilidealab.kanopy.com/node/15624704
- A Kanopy streaming video
Summary:
Hollywood Westerns long portrayed Native Americans as villains, glorifying Manifest Destiny and hiding genocide. In the 1960s-70s, films like Little Big Man and Soldier Blue finally humanized them and showed the massacres they endured.