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Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian Directed by Neil Diamond Rezolution Pictures, National Film Board of Canada (2009) 85 minutes
Review by Kurt Umbhau
In the film, Reel Injun, filmmaker Neil Diamond (Cree) drives his rez car on a cross-country tour researching the origins and evolution of how American Indians are depicted in Hollywood films.
The documentary includes several clips from John Wayne's Westerns that depict Indians as violent savages in need of either...