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This course explores contemporary Native American film by directors from an extensive range of tribal nations, geographies, and genders across time and space.����We’ll look at early films of the silent era by the first Native director like James Young Deer (Delaware), including��White Fawn’s Devotion��(1910), consider American Indian filmmaking and presence in TV and film of the 1950s and 1960s, and then move to the mainstream splash��Smoke Signals��(1998) by Chris Eyre (Cheyenne/Arapahoe), which first put Native American directors on the figurative “map.”����From there we’ll move to a host of independent and experimental films by Indigenous directors on both sides of the U.S./Canadian border, from films like Jeff Barnaby’s horror creations like��Rhymes with Ghouls��(2013) and Shelley Niro’s experimental works like��The Incredible 25^th��Year of Mitzi Bearclaw��(2019) to speculative film such as Helen Haig-Brown’s��?E?ANX/The Cave��(2009) (Tsilqot’in) and documentaries by Terry Jones (Seneca) and others, including a guest lecture with Iroquois corn soup by Jones.����The semester wraps up with a student film project, utilizing skills of editing, montage, and narratology, in order to develop a full appreciation for the work that directors perform.

Provides advanced in-depth study of literatures written by ethnic American authors. Texts may be drawn from a range of African-American, Chicano/a, Latino/a, Asian American, Native American or Indigenous literature traditions. Topics vary each semester.

Equivalent - Duplicate Degree Credit Not Granted:��
����ܾ������ٱ��:��Restricted to students with 57-180 credits (Juniors or Seniors).
Additional Information:Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Arts Sci Gen Ed: Diversity-U.S. Perspective
Departmental Category: Multicultural and Gender Studies

Taught by Penny Kelsey.