"Reel Injun: On the trail of the Hollywood Indian"

Wheaton College is hosting a First Nations Film and Video
Festival. The feature film this year is "Reel Injun: On the trail of the
Hollywood Indian," a documentary by Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond. The film
explores the betrayal of Native peoples in the cinema. Including clips from
John Wayne Movies, "Reel Injun" examines the way these images have
shaped our understanding of Aboriginal peoples and how aboriginal filmmakers
are retelling their own story.

Following the viewing, filmmaker Ernest Whiteman III (Northern
Arapaho) will lead a discussion on Native Americans in film.

This free event is sponsored by the First Nations Film and Video
Festival and Wheaton College's Office of Global and Experiential Learning and
the Office of Multicultural Development. The film will be shown in room 145 of
the Meyer Science Center. For more information, call 630.752.7309.