Reel Injun
On the trail of the Hollywood Indian
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 28 minutes
- Video: Black & White / Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 8, 2011
- Originally Released: 2009
- Label: Lorber Films (Kino)
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Jeremy Simmons & Neil Diamond | |
Screenwriting by | Jerimiah Hayes, Neil Diamond & Catherine Bainbridge | |
Composition by | Mona Laviolette & Claude Castonguay | |
Director of Photography: | Edith Labbe | |
Hosted by | Russell Means, Adam Beach, John Trudell, Charlie Hill, Sacheen Little Feather, Jim Jarmusch, Graham Greene & Clint Eastwood |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
Reel Injun will most likely give you a new perspective the next time you watch John Wayne battle Native Americans.
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New York Post
Combining a road trip from his native Arctic reservation to Los Angeles with an archival cinematic survey, Diamond's treatment of each is perfunctory to the point of inutility.
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Village Voice
Though stricter selectivity would not have harmed this documentary, its enthusiastic embrace is instructive and moving.
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ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Rating: 4/4 --
A powerful, mythbusting documentary which manages to humanize America's unfairly-marginalized indigenous peoples, albeit belatedly.
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NewsBlaze
Rating: 7.65/10 --
A fascinating, well-researched documentary that simultaneously informs and captivates the audience.
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NYC Movie Guru
Rating: B- --
At its heart this is a well made, provocative made-for-television documentary, a mix of movie clips and talking head interviews.
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Filmfest
Rating: 3/4 --
Entertaining and informative.
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Globe and Mail
Product Description:
Native American and Aboriginal peoples have long played a part in Hollywood filmmaking, but the picture presented of them was not always flattering or accurate. Most westerns of Hollywood's Golden Age presented "Indians" as either ruthless savages with no sense of honor or fools who were lost without the help of the white man. (Adding insult to injury, they were usually played by white actors in make up.) However, as issues of Native American rights came to the forefront in the 1960s, more filmmakers stepped forward to offer a more positive and thoughtful portrayal of Aboriginal characters on screen, and Native American performers were given a greater opportunity to present the story of their people in television and the movies. Director Neil Diamond (a member of Canada's Cree community) offers a look at the past, present and future of Native People on the big screen in the documentary REEL INJUN, which includes interviews with actors Adam Beach, Graham Greene and Sacheen Littlefeather, filmmakers Chris Eyre and Zacharias Kunuk, and artists and activists John Trudell and Russell Means; Clint Eastwood and Jim Jarmusch also speak about Hollywood's history and their own experiences in presenting Native Americans in their films. Produced in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada, REAL INJUN was an official selection at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival.
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- UPC: 705105266916
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