Description: Further DetailsTitle: Alanis ObomsawinCondition: NewSubtitle: The Vision of a Native FilmmakerISBN-10: 0803280459EAN: 9780803280458ISBN: 9780803280458Publisher: Bison BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/01/2006Description: In more than twenty powerful films, Abenaki filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin has waged a brilliant battle against the ignorance and stereotypes that Native Americans have long endured in cinema and television. In this book, the first devoted to any Native filmmaker, Obomsawin receives her due as the central figure in the development of indigenous media in North America. Incorporating history, politics, and film theory into a compelling narrative, Randolph Lewis explores the life and work of a multifaceted woman whose career was flourishing long before Native films such as Smoke Signals reached the screen. He traces Obomsawin’s path from an impoverished Abenaki reserve in the 1930s to bohemian Montreal in the 1960s, where she first found fame as a traditional storyteller and singer. Lewis follows her career as a celebrated documentary filmmaker, citing her courage in covering, at great personal risk, the 1991 Oka Crisis between Mohawk warriors and Canadian soldiers. We see how, since the late 1960s, Obomsawin has transformed documentary film, reshaping it for the first time into a crucial forum for sharing indigenous perspectives. Through a careful examination of her work, Lewis proposes a new vision for indigenous media around the globe: a “cinema of sovereignty” based on what Obomsawin has accomplished.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 340gAuthor: Randolph LewisGenre: Films & TVBook Series: American Indian LivesRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
Price: 37.73 USD
Location: GU14 0GT
End Time: 2025-02-03T09:27:02.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Publication Name: Alanis Obomsawin
Title: Alanis Obomsawin
Subtitle: The Vision of a Native Filmmaker
ISBN-10: 0803280459
EAN: 9780803280458
ISBN: 9780803280458
Release Date: 05/01/2006
Release Year: 2006
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: American Indian Lives
Book Title: Alanis Obomsawin : the Vision of a Native Filmmaker
Number of Pages: 262 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Topic: General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
Publication Year: 2006
Item Height: 0.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Performing Arts, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Author: Randolph Lewis
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Book Series: American Indian Lives Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback