New Vistas? Aboriginal animations and digital dreams at the National Film Board of Canada
Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, 2014, v. 28, no. 4, pp. 465-481
This article is a critical analysis of the "Vistas" series of short films, jointly produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Aboriginal People's Television Network, for the occasion of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. She places the series within the historical context of the NFB's Aboriginal film-making initiatives, in particular Aboriginal animation, in the 1960s and '70s. Ultimately the author argues the "Vistas" shorts are more politically ambivalent than previous Aboriginal film-making at the NFB, and played a role in the commodification of Canadian Aboriginal culture for the 2010 Olympics.
ITEM 2014.037_Gauthier – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Dancers of the Grass – Melanie Jackson
Charley Squash Goes to Town – Duke Redbird
Christmas at Moose Factory – Alanis Obomsawin
Animation from Cape Dorset – Solomie Pootoogook
Animation from Cape Dorset – Timmum Alariaq
Animation from Cape Dorset – Mathew Joanasie
Animation from Cape Dorset – Itee Pootoogook Pilaloosie
Carrying Fire – Marie Burke
Little Thunder – Nance Ackerman
Little Thunder – Alan Syliboy
Red Ochre – Jerry Evans
Ignition – Doug Smarch Jr.
The Visit – Lisa Jackson
Walk-in-the-Forest – Diane Obomsawin