Indigenous Cinemas and Futurisms: How Indigenous Visual Arts Are Shifting the Narratives and Offering a New Relationship to Space and Landscapes
Defined by their tragic past and largely denied a thriving present, Indigenous peoples are absent from mainstream present-day worlds and imagined futures. This twisted representation can largely be blamed on mainstream films and media, which have contributed to emptying the supposedly “new” and “dis...
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Recherches anglaises et nord-américaines
2024
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | Defined by their tragic past and largely denied a thriving present, Indigenous peoples are absent from mainstream present-day worlds and imagined futures. This twisted representation can largely be blamed on mainstream films and media, which have contributed to emptying the supposedly “new” and “discovered” territories from their first inhabitants: to become fully American, the conquered spaces had to be given a new aesthetic aspect and value, one that deprived them of their former Indigenous components whose very existence was hence denied. Yet, for decades now, Indigenous filmmakers have been working hard to make sure their visions be seen, their aesthetics be (re)considered, and the shaping of the landscape by their ancestors recognized, thus correcting the old western traditional narratives while producing portrayals of Indigenous peoples as human beings engaged in contemporary life, entangled in space and inseparable from their territories. A new generation of Indigenous artists is now taking the creative world a step further, revisiting and shifting the narratives while taking a deliberate leap forward in time and reclaiming space. Indigenous futurisms enable us to dive into artistic visions about Indigenous places in the future and their role in shaping a common, collective, and diverse destiny for those landscapes. |
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