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- The Native American Renaissance. by Bernaud, Kristell,film director.; Green Planet Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Green Planet Films in 2024.From the vibrant, shimmering pow wows that bring together thousands of natives in New Mexico to the new oil El Dorado of the Dakotas, this documentary plunges into the America of the Amerindians. There are currently almost 10 million Native Americans in the United States. Once confined to reservations and condemned to poverty, they are now proudly reclaiming their culture. In North Dakota, the Fort Berthold tribe is profiting from the oil craze. Thanks to “black gold,” the Indian reservation has been transformed into a small American town with infrastructure and health insurance for all. A symbol of the new Indian success story, Sean Sherman was named among the 100 most influential personalities of 2023 by Time magazine. In his gourmet restaurant, recipes are made exclusively from ingredients present in the United States before the arrival of European settlers in the 17th century. Johnny Tail Feathers is trying to reconnect with his roots by reintroducing the sacred bison to the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Ethnicity.; History.; Indians of North America.; Montana.; Racism.; United States--History.; New Mexico.;
- Close to the Bone. by Thomas, Jared,film director.; McKinnon, Malcolm,film director.; Ronin Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Ronin Films in 2022.In September 1852, in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges, the mutilated body of 16-year-old shepherd, James Brown, was found. The next day, a reprisal party of 17 men killed a disputed number of First Nations people. 170 years later, descendants of James Brown’s family return to the Flinders Ranges and reach out to people from some of the Aboriginal groups and share memories of the traumatic early period of European invasion. What happens when stories of violence and conquest on Australia’s colonial frontier are more than just an historical abstraction, with powerful and personal meanings for families and individuals on both sides of the inter-cultural frontier? Can the scars of past atrocities be reconciled and healed through the act of truth-telling? CLOSE TO THE BONE is a practical exercise in ‘truth and reconciliation,’ engaging with culturally and politically challenging material, in an effort to forge shared understandings. The film reveals diverse understandings of historic events, while seeking to resolve a shared path forward. In doing so, the film is informed by Charlie Perkins’ words: ‘We know we cannot live in the past, but the past lives in us.’Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Australians.; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Current affairs.; History.; Violence.; Aboriginal Australians.; Australia.;
- Close to the Bone. by Thomas, Jared,film director.; McKinnon, Malcolm,film director.; Ronin Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Ronin Films in 2022.In September 1852, in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges, the mutilated body of 16-year-old shepherd, James Brown, was found. The next day, a reprisal party of 17 men killed a disputed number of First Nations people. 170 years later, descendants of James Brown’s family return to the Flinders Ranges and reach out to people from some of the Aboriginal groups and share memories of the traumatic early period of European invasion. What happens when stories of violence and conquest on Australia’s colonial frontier are more than just an historical abstraction, with powerful and personal meanings for families and individuals on both sides of the inter-cultural frontier? Can the scars of past atrocities be reconciled and healed through the act of truth-telling? CLOSE TO THE BONE is a practical exercise in ‘truth and reconciliation,’ engaging with culturally and politically challenging material, in an effort to forge shared understandings. The film reveals diverse understandings of historic events, while seeking to resolve a shared path forward. In doing so, the film is informed by Charlie Perkins’ words: ‘We know we cannot live in the past, but the past lives in us.’Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Australians.; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Current affairs.; History.; Violence.; Aboriginal Australians.; Australia.;
- Ellavut Cimirtuq. by Cleveland, Jacqueline,film director.; Hedges, Mischa,film director.; Luokkala, Sonia,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by New Day Films in 2023.(Yupik Pronounciation: Chla-vut jee-mik-tuk)As the village of Quinhagak works to save save its cultural artifacts from washing into the Bering Sea, a local filmmaker explores her community’s relationship with its language, and ways of life in Southwest Alaska.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Environmental sciences.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Ethnicity.; History.; Short films.; Motion pictures.; Indians of North America.; Climatic changes.; Alaska.;
- I Am More Dangerous Dead. by Uchibeke, Majiye,film director.; University of Southern California Cinematic Arts (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by University of Southern California Cinematic Arts in 2022.A poetic tribute to Nigerian activist and writer Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed after exposing the exploitation of his native land by his government and Big Oil.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Business.; Science.; Social sciences.; African studies.; Foreign study.; Environmental sciences.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Current affairs.; Health.; History.; Motion pictures--Africa.; Petroleum industry and trade.; Political participation.; Pollution.; Environmental health.; Water--Pollution.; Political activists.; Manufacturing processes.; Motion pictures--Nigeria.;
- Red Fever. by Bainbridge, Catherine,film director.; Diamond, Neil,film director.; Les Films du 3 Mars (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Les Films du 3 Mars in 2024.RED FEVER is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity. The film follows Cree co-director Neil Diamond as he asks, “Why do they love us so much?!” and sets out on a journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that is all over pop culture. Why have Indigenous cultures been revered, romanticized, and appropriated for so long, and to this day? RED FEVER uncovers the surprising truths behind the imagery -- so buried in history that even most Native people don't know about them.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Enthnology.; Social sciences.; Mass media.; Digital communications.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Ethnicity.; Mass media and culture.; Current affairs.; Indians of North America.; Popular culture.;
- Still We Rise. by Harvey, John,film director.; Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 2022.In 1972, decades of frustration and protest came to a head when Prime Minister William ‘Billy’ McMahon, in his long awaited speech on the ‘Aboriginal question,’ dismissed any hope of land rights and provoked outrage.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Australians.; Foreign study.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Current affairs.; History.; Aboriginal Australians.; Social action.;
- Wochiigii lo. by Hatch, Heather,film director.; Green Planet Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Green Planet Films in 2021.WOCHIIGII LO: END OF THE PEACE follows the struggles of Diane Abel and Chief Roland Willson of West Moberly First Nations as they battle the BC government against the construction of a multi-billion-dollar mega-dam along the Peace River in British Columbia, Canada (commonly known as Site C Dam). If constructed, it will give way to the extinction of their people’s culture by destroying the land and water they have occupied for over 13,000 years. While crown corporations and political parties collude against their traditional way of life, the desire to fight for their nation is embedded in these two resilient individuals.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Business.; Social sciences.; Anthropology.; Economic development.; Environmental sciences.; Science.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; History.; Indians of North America.; Political participation.; Environmental economics.; Canada.; Water--Pollution.;
- Bearing Witness. by Kuperberg, Clara,film director.; Kuperberg, Julia,film director.; Bedard, Irene,actor.; Cardinal, Tantoo,actor.; Bridgestone Multimedia Group (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Irene Bedard, Tantoo CardinalOriginally produced by Bridgestone Multimedia Group in 2024.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.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Mass media.; Digital communications.; Arts.; Motion pictures.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Indigenous peoples.; Ethnicity.; Mass media and culture.; Artists.; Indians of North America.; United States--History.; United States.; Motion pictures--History.; Popular culture.; Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.).;
- Requiem for a River. by Patierno, Mary,film director.; Video Project (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Video Project in 2023.REQUIEM FOR A RIVER explores the New Mexico stretch of the Rio Grande — an iconic but endangered American waterway — in a time of climate crisis and calls for environmental justice. Through lyrical imagery and in-depth interviews with a diverse range of residents — Native, Latinx, Indo-Hispanics and Anglo — the film reveals the once-mighty river's role as a lifeline in the desert and asks whether the keys to a more sustainable, equitable future lie in New Mexico's pre-American past.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Science.; Social sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Human rights.; Americans.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Ethnicity.; Current affairs.; Health.; Indigenous peoples.; Indians of North America.; Environmentalism.; Latin America.; Sustainability.; Climatic changes.; Environmental health.; Indigenous peoples--Civil rights.; Water.; Southern States.; Hispanic Americans.; New Mexico.;
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