Dreaming With Eyes Open: The First Nation's Dreamspeakers Festival
The Independent, Jan. 1993, v. 16, no. 1, pp. 16-21
This article documents the first Dreamspeakers Festival, organized by and for indigenous peoples to further First Nations media-making. Further explored are the politics of screening work about native peoples and the film and video works that were shown during the festival.
ITEM 1993.035 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Imagining Indians – Victor Masayesva
Starting Fire with Gunpowder – David Poisey and David Hansen
Heartland – Greg Coyes
Richard Cardinal: Cry of a Metis Boy – Alanis Obomsawin
Wiping the Tears of Seven Generations – Fidel Moreno and Gary Rhine
Peyote Road – Fidel Moreno
Tent Embassy – Frances Peters
Jindallee Lady – Brian Syron
Ngati – Barry Barclay
Te Rua – Barry Barclay
Incident at Oglala – Michael Apted
Navaho Talking Pictures – Arlene Bowman
Nightcries – Tracey Moffat
The Man from Island West – Huang Mingchuan
Women in the Shadows – Christine Welsh