AMST 296 - Indians and Film

This course is designed to familiarize students with the relationship between American Indians and the history and production of American commercial and artistic film and influences on international film. Students will view films made about, by, and for American Indians and popular audiences while reading articles and chapters from selected works that give background, film theory, and commentary on the continuing phenomenon of Indians in film. May be repeated for credit with a different focus. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits