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By Doug C (199) on 08 Jan 2012

Good flick - tracks the evolution of native american cinema from nonexistent and packed with cliches and stereotypes to newer films like Atanrjuat…

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By Laurie S (249) on 17 Dec 2011

A must see for those of you who enjoy docs. If you are a movie geek this is definitely one to catch…

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By Sean G (809) on 10 Aug 2011

Good, if somewhat dry, telling of the history of Native Americans and Aboriginals in the history of Hollywood…

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By Paul Z (502) on 23 Jul 2011

If you have ever been an outsider watch Reel Injun. See the history of Hollywood's representation of Native Americans…

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By Andrew U (319) on 03 Nov 2010

Really liked this…

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By Kristen O (15) on 10 Oct 2010

Excellent documentary that looks at how natives have been portrayed in film over the years…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 24 Jun 2010

The documentary ends on a hopeful note, as Indians themselves have taken control of their image…

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By Donald J. Levit (489) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 19 Jun 2010

Though stricter selectivity would not have harmed this documentary, its enthusiastic embrace is instructive and moving…

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By Joel D (301) on 18 Jun 2010

Me gusto por descrubir que Marlon Brando no fue a recibir el Oscar por Godfather por la matanza de indios, y el saber que existen peliculas…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 14 Jun 2010

A fascinating, well-researched documentary that simultaneously informs and captivates the audience…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for NewsBlaze (855) on 12 Jun 2010

A powerful, mythbusting documentary which manages to humanize America's unfairly-marginalized indigenous peoples, albeit belatedly…

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By Bill Weber (150) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Jun 2010

The debate over the evolution of the movies' depiction of native peoples is not always on the mark…

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By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 10 Jun 2010

Examines in entertaining detail the way Hollywood has treated North American natives going as far back as the days of silent flicks…

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By David Fear (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 08 Jun 2010

The first-person sections, however, couldn’t be more clumsy or grating, and every time Diamond’s tone-deaf narration starts repeating the…

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By Andrew Schenker (354) for Village Voice (8,525) on 07 Jun 2010

Combining a road trip from his native Arctic reservation to Los Angeles with an archival cinematic survey, Diamond's treatment of each is perfunctory…

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By Chris M (3,023) on 05 Apr 2010

An excellent documentary about the stereotypes of First Nations persons in films, starting from the silent era…

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By Stephanie L (419) on 12 Mar 2010

Good stuff. I never knew NDN's were so popular in the silent era that people pretended to be NDN. More docs like this please…

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By John Coulbourn (4) for Jam! Movies (2,396) on 19 Feb 2010

For Diamond, Reel Injun is a highly personal odyssey, undertaken in an attempt to reconcile the realities of his native childhood with the…

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