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Transcript: Native Americans Tell Their Own Stories in Film
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- NPR Morning Edition
- Article date:
- January 27, 1994
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ALEX CHADWICK, Host: American Indians often say they're cheated by
Hollywood, either typecast in Westerns or ignored in films about contemporary
life. So, more of them are getting behind the camera to tell their
own stories. This week, the Sundance Film Festival is devoting an
entire section of its program to native-American movies. From the
festival in Park City, Utah, David D'Arcy reports.
DAVID D'ARCY, Reporter: Alinisa Bonsuith [sp] is a member of the
Abanaki [sp] tribe who has been making low-budget films with Canadian
government grants for more than 20 years.
ALINISA BONSUITH, Native-American Filmmaker: You must have heard
about native ...