Imagining the Indian

This screening is presented in partnership with the Princeton University Department of Religion. Garry Sparks, Associate Professor of Religion at Princeton will be introducing the film. After the screening Elizabeth Ellis, Associate Professor of History at Princeton, will moderate a Q&A with filmmaker Ben West and producer Yancey Burns.

This documentary follows the struggle to end the appropriation of Native American names and imagery by U.S. sports franchises, contextualizing these efforts within the long history of stereotypes, terms, and images hurtful to Native people. This indigenous protest movement is framed within a larger national reckoning with racial injustice that has focused on issues such as confederate imagery and the legacy of Christopher Columbus.

Director Ben West, Aviva Kempner

Country USA

Language English

Aspect 1.85

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