Reel Injun, movie, image,

86 minutes – Documentary
Language: English
Opening date: February 19, 2010
Production companies: Rezolution Pictures, National Film Board of Canada
Canadian Distributor: Domino Films

Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema. Travelling through the heartland of America, Diamond looks at how the myth of “the Injun” has influenced the world’s understanding — and misunderstanding — of Natives. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema’s depiction of Native people from the silent film era to today, only to find the future of Native cinema in the unlikeliest of places — Canada’s North.

Reel Injun, poster, movie,

Crew:

Producer:

Catherine Bainbridge
Christina Fon
Linda Ludwick

Executive Producer:

Catherine Bainbridge
Ravida Din – NFB
Christina Fon
Linda Ludwick
Catherine Olsen
Ernest Webb

Co-Producer:

Adam Symansky

Director:

Neil Diamond
Catherine Bainbridge
Jeremiah Hayes

Screenwriter:

Catherine Bainbridge
Jeremiah Hayes
Neil Diamond

Cinematographer:

Edith Labbe

Editor:

Jeremiah Hayes

Composer:

Claude Castonguay
Mona Laviolette

Cast: Roles:

Adam Beach
Graham Greene
Clint Eastwood
Jim Jarmusch
Sacheen Littlefeather
Russell Means
Jesse Wente
John Trudell
Charlie Hill
Chris Eyre
R. Michael David

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