Out of the Vault: Native American Reelism

September 12–November 14, 2019

Drawn from the BAMPFA collection, three programs of films by and about Native Americans explore geographical belonging and dislocation, political and social action, and questions of representation.

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  • Harold of Orange (screening with The Exiles)

  • The Exiles

  • Beyond Recognition

  • The Silent Enemy

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Past Films

  • The Exiles: Urban Dis/location

    Thursday, September 12 7 PM
    Margherita Ghetti, Sarah Whitt, and Hertha D. Sweet Wong in Conversation

    A semi-documentary film about American Indians living in L.A., The Exiles is “a wrenching document of cultural dislocation” (Thom Andersen). With two takes on the urban side of Native American experience, Why Did Gloria Die? and Harold of Orange.

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  • The Silent Enemy: Representation of Native Americans

    Thursday, October 17 7 PM
    Introduction by Michelle Raheja; Margherita Ghetti and Hertha D. Sweet Wong in Conversation

    How Native Americans see and are seen: The Silent Enemy, a melodrama made in collaboration with Native American actors recounting Ojibwe life before European colonization, is accompanied by shorts Ishi in Two Worlds, Geronimo Jones, and Report from Wounded Knee.

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  • Beyond Recognition: Indigenous Activism

    Thursday, November 14 7 PM
    Introduction by Michelle Grace Steinberg; Corrina Gould, Margherita Ghetti, Sarah Whitt, and Hertha D. Sweet Wong in Conversation

    This rousing collection of shorts profiles Native American activism in the Bay Area and beyond, taking on the struggles for land and fishing rights and critiquing colonialism and conquest.

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