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Book SynopsisOffers new insights into the on-screen and off-screen impacts of Aboriginal media.
Trade Review“An accessible, thoughtful exploration of the important contributions Aboriginal media arts offer to Indigenous media studies, experimental and avant-garde media arts, and Indigenous sovereignty.”—Bernard C. Perley,
American Ethnologist“Establishes a persuasive narrative of the development of an influential aspect of Aboriginal culture.”—Roy Todd,
British Journal of Canadian Studies “
Sovereign Screens validates film as a powerful engine that drives self-determination through visual sovereignty, a returning to ourselves that can unite Aboriginal and all peoples through the shared experience of cinema.”—Grace L. Dillon,
Pacific Historical Review “[A] beautifully detailed ethnography of Vancouver’s growing Aboriginal media hub. . . . Dowell convincingly argues that Aboriginal media is an act of visual sovereignty.”—Jennifer Kramer, author of
Switchbacks: Art, Ownership, and Nuxalk National Identity “Nowhere is Aboriginal media more active, more vibrant, and more significant than in Canada. . . . The efforts of small, underfunded, ambitious, and creative groups of filmmakers in Vancouver make for an engaging story. . . . This is a clear, useful, and well-researched book.”—Michael Evans, author of Fast Runner: Filming the Legend of Atanarjuat
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Vancouver's Aboriginal Media World1. The Indigenous Media Arts Group2. Canadian Cultural Policy and Aboriginal Media3. Aboriginal Diversity On-Screen4. Building Community Off-Screen5. Cultural Protocol in Aboriginal Media6. Visual Sovereignty in Aboriginal Experimental MediaEpilogueAppendix: Filmmakers and FilmsNotesReferencesIndex
