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  • 2023
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2023
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting examines the movement that is ending the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in the world of sports and beyond. The film details the current uprising against the misappropriation of Native culture in a national reckoning about racial injustice that has succeed...

Directed By: Aviva Kempner, Ben West

  • 2023
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2023
  • 1 h 35 m

Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting

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Summary Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting examines the movement that is ending the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in the world of sports and beyond. The film details the current uprising against the misappropriation of Native culture in a national reckoning about racial injustice that has succeed...

Directed By: Aviva Kempner, Ben West

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75
Apr 13, 2023
The documentary could have been shapelier and better focused, but it packs lots of information and even more emotion.
By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 13, 2023
Some films benefit from tying their persuasive abilities to sustained righteousness more than careful slickness, and this collaboration between Cheyenne filmmaker West and veteran documentarian Kempner (“The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg”) is one of them.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
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Apr 13, 2023
In tuning the project to the key of advocacy, the directors have created a film to nod along with, not one that unpacks complexity.
By Natalia Winkelman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Ciesla Foundation
Release Date Mar 31, 2023
Duration 1 h 35 m
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Tagline Imagining the Indian examines the ongoing movement surrounding the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in the world of sports and beyond.
Website https://imaginingtheindianfilm.org/
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Awards

Calgary International Film Festival
• 2 Nominations
Boston International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Arizona International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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