Native American Film Analysis

The power of cinema has been remarkably significant in the world because of it’s ability to take you into worlds were anything can happen. You watch a movie where reality is often pushed to the side and imagination takes over. Movies have the ability to also tell truths about real world happenings that are not so easily talked about, allowing the viewer to understand what is actually happening. But, with power comes great responsibility. Hollywood’s representation of Native Americans has been rather skewed basically miscommunicating them across this particular medium. Many of these falsifications have been taken and accepted as the truth. For almost a century Native Americans have misrepresented, but I think with this new way of contemporary filmmakers, the Native Americans will have complete creative control over films in their entirety.
In past events and even during present day, Native Americans have been one of the most ostracized minority groups in the United States. The film industry has been representing the Native Americans rather unfairly, often forgetting about them entirely or making them a minor character. Before we dive into the different stereotypes about Native Americans that are present, lets …show more content…
In most cases natives are often called primitive or unsaved. These terms which are regularly used, refer to Native Americans as lesser or stupid. The presumed mental impairment often has to do with the image of the Native Americans. Touching on the image of the American Indians, they are often sexualized in a way that is often detrimental to the outlook most people have on them. Native American men are often casted as lustful-can’t-be-controlled people, which basically constitutes as a rapist, whereas the women are depicted as the very attractive, yet impure to be