Global Connections in Indigenous Film and Media: Negotiating the Tensions between Self-representation and Pan-Indigenous Realities
Description
Since film festivals are the primary means of distribution for most indigenous films, very few of which achieve theatrical distribution even in their home nations, the need for acceptance into the festivals and other distribution venues has both positive and negative potentials to shape and validate particular types of indigenous film culture. Indeed, the effect of such venues may be to over•emphasize similarities between indigenous films at the cost of the specificities of particular cultures and the differences between individual filmmakers. The objective of this project is to examine these issues in order to understand the contemporary state of indigenous filmmaking and its potential to survive and thrive in the increasingly globalized world of the cinema.
Global Connections in Indigenous Film and Media: Negotiating the Tensions between Self-representation and Pan-Indigenous Realities
Since film festivals are the primary means of distribution for most indigenous films, very few of which achieve theatrical distribution even in their home nations, the need for acceptance into the festivals and other distribution venues has both positive and negative potentials to shape and validate particular types of indigenous film culture. Indeed, the effect of such venues may be to over•emphasize similarities between indigenous films at the cost of the specificities of particular cultures and the differences between individual filmmakers. The objective of this project is to examine these issues in order to understand the contemporary state of indigenous filmmaking and its potential to survive and thrive in the increasingly globalized world of the cinema.