Imagic moments :

Schweninger, Lee.

Imagic moments : indigenous North American film / Lee Schweninger. - xv, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index. Includes filmography.

Introduction: where to concentrate -- He was still the chief: Masayesva's imagining Indians -- Into the city: ordered freedom in The exiles -- The native presence in film: House made of dawn -- A concordance of narrative voices: Harold, trickster, and Harold of Orange -- I don't do portraits: Medicine River and the art of photography -- Keep your pony out of my garden: Powwow highway and "being Cheyenne" -- Feeling extra magical: the art of disappearing in Smoke signals -- Making his own music: death and life in The business of fancydancing -- Sharing the kitchen: Naturally native and women in American Indian film -- In the form of a spider: the interplay of narrative fiction and documentary in Skins -- The stories pour out: taking control in The doe boy -- Telling our own stories: seeking identity in Tkaronto -- People come around in circles: Harjo's Four sheets to the wind -- Epilogue: Barking water and beyond.

9780820345147 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0820345148 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780820345154 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0820345156 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Indians in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--United States.
Motion pictures--Canada.
Indians in the motion picture industry--United States.
Indians in the motion picture industry--Canada.

PN1995.9.I48 / S35 2013

791.43/652997