%% %% # 🎞 Diamond 2010, Reel Injun - **White “Indians”** (23:30-): A bunch of white guys indoctrinate kids into masculine aggression through displacement of their own "savagery" on a projected image of the “native” ### Summary - **Summary**: This documentary, directed by Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, and Jeremiah Hayes, embarks on a journey to explore the portrayal of Native Americans in film. Through interviews with filmmakers, actors, and historians, and a road trip across North America, it critically examines Hollywood's depiction of Native peoples and celebrates the emergence of Native cinema. - **Director**: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes - **Genre**: Documentary - **IMDB**: [Reel Injun on IMDB](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1484114/) ### Films Mentioned Charlie Hill, comic **Films** - The Silent Enemy - Dance Me Outside - Little Big Man - Dead Man 1995 - Into the West 2005 **Native Cimena Renissance** The Silent Enemy, 1930 - _[Smoke Signals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke_Signals_(film) "Smoke Signals (film)")_, 1998 - _[Dance Me Outside](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_Me_Outside)_, 1994 - [_Flags of Our Fathers_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_Our_Fathers_(film) "Flags of Our Fathers (film)"), 2006 - [_Atanarjuat_ _-- The Fast Runner_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanarjuat:_The_Fast_Runner "Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner"), 2001 -- "A film that has revolutionized Native cinema," and "the most Indian movie ever made." (see 1:18) - _[Whale Rider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_Rider "Whale Rider")_, 2002—New Zealand - _[Once Were Warriors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Were_Warriors_(film) "Once Were Warriors (film)")_, 1994—New Zealand - _[Skins](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skins_(2002_film) "Skins (2002 film)")_, 2002 - _[Ten Canoes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Canoes "Ten Canoes")_, 2006—Australia - [_Rabbit Proof Fence_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-Proof_Fence_(film) "Rabbit-Proof Fence (film)"), 2002—Australia - Charlie Hill, comic