Please write four full paragraphs responding to the following (one paragraph for each question): How do you see Native Aesthetics represented…
Please write four full paragraphs responding to the following (one paragraph for each question):
- How do you see Native Aesthetics represented in Rabbit Proof Fence? Engage one of our articles with this question.
- What is a common theme or trope in each of these films with respect to colonialism and the Indigenous experience?
- Where do you see an “attitude of relationship” in these films?
- How is Ikwe a Native film?
Readings:
- Larson, S. (1991). Native American Aesthetics: An attitude of relationship. Melus, 17(3), 53.
- Hopkins, C. (2006). Making Things Our Own: The Indigenous Aesthetic in Digital Storytelling,Leonardo, 39(4), 341-344.
Film Screening:
- (May be viewed here) Bailey, Norma (Director). (1986). Ikwe: Daughters of the Country. Canada: National Film Board of Canada.
- (May be viewed here) Noyce, Philip (Director). (2002). Rabbit Proof Fence. Rumbalara Films: New Zealand.
- (Streaming on Netflix) Wacks, Jonathan (Director). (1989). Powwow Highway. Anchor Bay Entertainment: USA.
