The art of being aboriginal: films and aboriginal cultures in canadá

Abstract

This dissertation analyses four films produced by Aboriginal filmmakers in Canada: Alanis Obomsawin.s Waban-aki: People from Where the Sun Rises (2007); Neil Diamond.s Reel Injun (2009); Igloolik Isuma Corporation.s Atanarjuat: the Fast Runner (2000) and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2007). These productions illustrate how cinema has become an important space for Aboriginal people to (re) imagine their histories and (re) create meanings of aboriginality from current perspectives. While the articulation of a discussion of identity and culture is at the core of Aboriginal films, this dissertation, through textual analysis, also takes into account how they may be moving, effective, beautiful works of art, which bring into light the art. of being Aboriginal in current times

Esta tese analisa quatro filmes produzidos por cineastas aborígenes canadenses: People from Where the Sun Rises de Alanis Obomsawin.s;Reel Injun de Neil Diamond; Atanarjuat: the Fast Runner and The Journals of Knud Rasmussen produzidos pela Igloolik Isuma Productions. Esses quatro filmes ilustram como o cinema tornou-se um importante espaço para que cineastas aborígenes reimaginem suas histórias e recriem sentidos de aboriginalidade a partir de uma perspectiva atual. Enquanto as discussoes sobre identidade e cultura sao um elemento central nesses filmes, esta dissertação, com grande enfoque em análise textual, também os apresenta como emocionantes, efetivas e poderosas manifestações artísticas, que fazem emergir na tela a arte. de ser aborígene na atualidade