Book, Film, and Media Reviews

Disney's 'Politically Correct' Pocahontas

A review of the supposedly "PC" Disney film, _Pocahontas_ by Jacquelyn Kilpatrick from Cineaste v21, n4 (Fall, 1995):36.

Indigenous Composers Empower Native Films

Brent Michael Davids argues the necessity of including indigenous artists throughout the film-making process, rather than just as actors.

KILLING THE WHITE MAN'S INDIAN

The Movies, Race, and Ethnicity: Native Americans

The University of California at Berkeley's Media Resources Center's annotated bibliography of films dealing with Native American issues. Not a comprehensive bibliography, by any means, but a very useful source, particularly in its listing of both pri nt and online reviews of films.

Native American and Eskimo Book Reviews

Joe Mele's Multicultural Book Review reviews of Native American and Eskimo books for children and young adults. The reviews, which can be submitted by anyone, are cursory and of limited usefulness.

Native Americans: The Surprising Silents

An article from _Cineaste_ (v21, n3 (Summer, 1995):34) by Angela Aleiss. Discusses the history of the attempts by Native Americans to reclaim and define their identity by calling for a reform of Hollywood's distorting images of Native Americans in fi lm.

Native People's Books

New books on Native Peoples.

"Pocahontas" film review

An excellent film review, by Pauline Turner Strong, of the Disney film "Pocahontas." Focuses on issues of racism, ethnocentrism, and stereotypes.