it shines a certain way. to a certain place: The Works of Native Filmmakers

141 Pages·2017·3.88 MB·English

by  Mae B. Vader

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Senior Projects Spring 2018 Bard Undergraduate Senior Projects
Spring 2018
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Mae B. Vader
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it shines a certain way. to a certain place: The Works of Native Filmmakers

Senior Project submitted to
The Division of Arts
Bard College

by
Mae Vader

Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
May 2018

homage to Norval Morrisseau by Grace Waring

Acknowledgements

Thank you to my parents for your patience.
Thank you, Ed Halter, for being an ass (when necessary).

I thank you, Adam Khalil, for lending me your time and insight on several occasions.
Thank you, Sky Hopinka, for taking the time to listen when I didn’t know what I wanted to say.
Thank you, Ivy and Ivan MacDonald, for sharing with me the unfinished work.

Grace, it was never an option to do it without you.

For McCalh Mary Margaret Racicot

Table of Contents

Introduction…………………………………………………….……………. 1
Chapter One: Navajo Film Themselves……………………………………… 4
Chapter Two: Confrontation……………………………………………….. 28
Chapter Three: Exposure…………………………………………………… 51
Chapter Four: Resistance, Reclamation, & Retaliation…………………… 100
Conclusion………………………………………………………………… 121
Bibliography…………………………………………………………….… 123
Filmography…………………………………………………………..…… 127
Links to Online Films………………………………………………...…… 129