Reel Injun
Reel Injun
DOCUMENTARY 🔴 88MIN🔴 ENGLISH
Produced by Rezolution Pictures International Inc in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada and in association with CBC Newsworld.
Neil Diamond takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema.
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, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell and Russell Means, 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.
AWARDS AND NOMINATION INCLUDE:
Winner: Peabody Award 2011
Winner: George Foster Peabody Award
Winner: Best Documentary, Fargo Film Festival 2011
Winner: Canada Award, Gemini Awards 2010
Winner: Best Direction in a Documentary Program, Gemini Awards 2010
Winner: Best Visual Research, Gemini Awards 2010
Nominated: Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary, Gemini Awards 2010
Nominated: Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series, Gemini Awards 2010
WRITER & DIRECTOR
NEIL DIAMOND
WRITER & co-DIRECTOR
CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE
WRITER & co-DIRECTOR
Jeremiah Hayes
#Trailer On the trail of the Hollywood Indian... Reel Injun, a feature-documentary takes an entertaining and insightful look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through the history of cinema. With candid interviews from directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Jim Jarmusch, Robbie Robertson, Sacheen Littlefeather, John Trudell and Russell Means, clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, Reel Injun traces the evolution of cinema's depiction of Native people from the silent film era to today.
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Credits
Director
NEIL DIAMOND
Co-Directors
CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE
JEREMIAH HAYES
Editor
JEREMIAH HAYES
Producers
CHRISTINA FON
CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE
LINDA LUDWICK
Writers
CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE
NEIL DIAMOND
JEREMIAH HAYES
Director of Photography
ÉDITH LABBÉ
Line Producer
LISA M. ROTH
Executive Producers
ERNEST WEBB
CATHERINE BAINBRIDGE
CHRISTINA FON
LINDA LUDWICK
Producer for the NFB
ADAM SYMANSKY
Executive Producer for the NFB
RAVIDA DIN
Executive Producer for CBC Newsworld
CATHERINE OLSEN