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Post by spiderwort on Jun 5, 2017 15:29:35 GMT
Any country, time, race. A few of my favorites: The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978) (Australia) - Fred Schepisi The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005) (Mongolia) - Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni Nanook of the North (1922) (Inuit, the Arctic) - Robert Flaherty Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) (Australia) - Philip Noyce Once We Were Warriors (1994) (New Zealand) - Lee Tamahori Smoke Signals (1998) (Native American) - Chrys Eyre Ishi, the Last Yahi (1992) (Native American) - Jed Riffe, Pamela Roberts Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925) (Iran) - Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack The Silent Enemy (1930) (Canadian Indians) - H.P. Carver A Mongolian Tale (1995) (Mongolia) - Fei Xie and a few words about one of my most favorite: Whale Rider (2002) (New Zealand) - Nikki Caro Whale Rider is a truly remarkable film. It taps into so many things: tribal roles, gender oppression, familial conflicts, love, and deep spirituality. The climax was a profound experience for me. The film and in particular that magnificent final sequence asks each of us to embrace our aboriginal core and unite with the natural world with the knowledge that we are all - humans and nature - the same. A theme foreign perhaps to many superficially, but not, I think, on the most profound level. I love the film, the personal and tribal/family relationships, and without question 12 year old Keisha Castle-Hughes' amazing Oscar nominated debut performance.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 5, 2017 16:18:17 GMT
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 5, 2017 17:51:16 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Jun 5, 2017 18:48:25 GMT
The Pathfinder/Ofelas 1987 the Sami people, sometimes called Laponians, first movie made enterily in Sami language. Take place around 1000 years ago. The Kautokeino Rebellion/Kautokeino-opprøret 2008 also about the Sami people, set in the 1850s.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 5, 2017 18:54:09 GMT
Tulpan - life on the steppes of modem-day Kazakhstan.
Amother vote for Grass, a documentary on the Bachtiari people of northwestern Iran.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 5, 2017 22:55:37 GMT
Wonderful film list spiderwort ... especially thankful for the Whale Rider recommendation, a film I will be adding to my next order . some films from my collection that may be of interest
Yawar Mallku , Blood on the Condor (1969) The reaction of an indigenous community against a group of foreign Peace Corps' workers who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the native peasant women. A film made with Bolivia’s majority yet politically underserved Quechuan population, in their native language. Director Jorge Sanjinés’s is film is a raw, technically stripped-down experience, at its core a film which pulsates with a humanist heart. Sanjinés defined his cinema as a war against Imperialism, and regarding this film he wrote “given the power, experience, shrewdness, and covetousness of this enemy, one must conclude that there is no time, neither for idle pursuits of aestheticism, nor for personal realization.” The power of the films message effectively transcended the confines of the screen, leading to a popular uprising that ejected the Peace Corps from Bolivia.
Utu (1984) In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. Based on a true account the warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal... a bloody revenge ensues
The Land Has Eyes (2005) The first feature film from Fiji which was made on the island of Rotuma. The story of a young island woman and her fight to save her family's honour...
Nine miles by two, Rotuma is an isolated island in the South Pacific, inhabited by 2,500 Polynesians who speak a distinct language. Rotuman culture shares many similarities with the rest of Polynesia - Tonga, Samoa, Hawaii and Aotearoa (New Zealand). However, Rotuma is politically part of Fiji. From 1881 to 1970, Rotuma was a colony of Great Britain, administered from Fiji. When Fiji became independent of Great Britain in 1970, Rotuma opted to remain under Fiji's jurisdiction.
Tukana (!983) A rare feature form New Guinea tells the story of a university dropout in Papua New Guinea returning to his native village in Buka Passage, North Solomons. The language is Tok Pisin, the little seen film has English subtitles.
Walk Into Paradise (1956) is a fascinating film Australian film, for its choice of location
The exciting adventure film was shot on location in several inhospitable locations, in central New Guinea, it has some remarkable footage to show. Sepik River long canoes paddled exclusively by women, and a full-scale highlands sing-sing, with hundreds of warriors in traditional dress trampling down grass to make an airstrip are among the many highlights.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jun 5, 2017 23:25:09 GMT
I liked Crocodile Dundee.The 2nd one not so much. He has some aborigine friends. One of them lives in both worlds. Powwow Highway I saw this one years ago but remember liking it very much. Depicts the struggles of reservation-dwelling Native Americans in the North Central United States. The main character is an introspective and lovable person in a process of seeking pride and identity through traditional and mystical means of gathering power. His high school friend, who is a Vietnam War Veteran, is exerting power as a highly principled social activist, using a modern rational materialist adversarial model of progress.
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 5, 2017 23:34:18 GMT
Powwow Highway - This one sounds very interesting, indeed. I have a lot of Native American in my ancestry (along with a lot of other things), so it's a subject dear to my heart. But it's seldom been handled very well in America, from the Native American perspective. So thanks so much for the recommendation. We need more films like this. Native Americans are the forgotten peoples in American culture, by and large.
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 5, 2017 23:44:27 GMT
Tulpan - life on the steppes of modem-day Kazakhstan. Amother vote for Grass, a documentary on the Bachtiari people of northwestern Iran. Oh, Tulpan looks like one I would love! I really love that part of the world for some reason, and Mongolia. I don't know why I didn't see this one when it first came out. Thanks so much for the recommendation. And I'm glad to see another fan of Grass, and I thank you for further clarifying the subject. Most people don't know what I'm talking about when I mention that film, let alone know that its makers, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, went on to produce King Kong, among many other Hollywood classics.
Btw, another Cooper/Shoedsack film from that same time that I also love is Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927), set in a village in northern Siam.
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Post by spiderwort on Jun 5, 2017 23:51:53 GMT
Wonderful film list spiderwort ... especially thankful for the Whale Rider recommendation, a film I will be adding to my next order . some films from my collection that may be of interest Yawar Mallku , Blood on the Condor (1969) The reaction of an indigenous community against a group of foreign Peace Corps' workers who under the guise of development assistance are forcibly sterilizing the native peasant women. A film made with Bolivia’s majority yet politically underserved Quechuan population, in their native language. Director Jorge Sanjinés’s is film is a raw, technically stripped-down experience, at its core a film which pulsates with a humanist heart. Sanjinés defined his cinema as a war against Imperialism, and regarding this film he wrote “given the power, experience, shrewdness, and covetousness of this enemy, one must conclude that there is no time, neither for idle pursuits of aestheticism, nor for personal realization.” The power of the films message effectively transcended the confines of the screen, leading to a popular uprising that ejected the Peace Corps from Bolivia. Utu (1984) In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. Based on a true account the warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal... a bloody revenge ensues The Land Has Eyes (2005) The first feature film from Fiji which was made on the island of Rotuma. The story of a young island woman and her fight to save her family's honour... Nine miles by two, Rotuma is an isolated island in the South Pacific, inhabited by 2,500 Polynesians who speak a distinct language. Rotuman culture shares many similarities with the rest of Polynesia - Tonga, Samoa, Hawaii and Aotearoa (New Zealand). However, Rotuma is politically part of Fiji. From 1881 to 1970, Rotuma was a colony of Great Britain, administered from Fiji. When Fiji became independent of Great Britain in 1970, Rotuma opted to remain under Fiji's jurisdiction. Tukana (!983) A rare feature form New Guinea tells the story of a university dropout in Papua New Guinea returning to his native village in Buka Passage, North Solomons. The language is Tok Pisin, the little seen film has English subtitles. Walk Into Paradise (1956) is a fascinating film Australian film, for its choice of location The exciting adventure film was shot on location in several inhospitable locations, in central New Guinea, it has some remarkable footage to show. Sepik River long canoes paddled exclusively by women, and a full-scale highlands sing-sing, with hundreds of warriors in traditional dress trampling down grass to make an airstrip are among the many highlights. Oh, mfpx, these sound absolutely wonderful, and I'm sure I would love them. Thank you so much for your excellent comments about them. This subject is so important to me, and I have so little access to it in terms of viewing. Hit or miss these days, sadly. So it's always good to learn from others who know more about the lives of the peoples so often marginalized in the world (and in cinema) than I do. Their stories fascinate me and touch me deeply on a spiritual level - due in part, I'm sure, to my own not so distant Native American roots.
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 6, 2017 1:08:33 GMT
TCM showed Grass about nine yeas ago and I was mesmerized. A friend saw it and expressed deep admiration for the Bachtiari. I had one of their rugs years earlier! If you like Kazakhstan and Mongolia you might like Mongol, a bio of Genghiz Khan, which was filmed in Kazakhstan.
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Post by jeffersoncody on Jun 6, 2017 5:56:52 GMT
Any country, time, race. A few of my favorites: The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith (1978) (Australia) - Fred Schepisi The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005) (Mongolia) - Byambasuren Davaa, Luigi Falorni Nanook of the North (1922) (Inuit, the Arctic) - Robert Flaherty Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) (Australia) - Philip Noyce Once We Were Warriors (1994) (New Zealand) - Lee Tamahori Smoke Signals (1998) (Native American) - Chrys Eyre Ishi, the Last Yahi (1992) (Native American) - Jed Riffe, Pamela Roberts Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925) (Iran) - Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack The Silent Enemy (1930) (Canadian Indians) - H.P. Carver A Mongolian Tale (1995) (Mongolia) - Fei Xie and a few words about one of my most favorite: Whale Rider (2002) (New Zealand) - Nikki Caro Whale Rider is a truly remarkable film. It taps into so many things: tribal roles, gender oppression, familial conflicts, love, and deep spirituality. The climax was a profound experience for me. The film and in particular that magnificent final sequence asks each of us to embrace our aboriginal core and unite with the natural world with the knowledge that we are all - humans and nature - the same. A theme foreign perhaps to many superficially, but not, I think, on the most profound level. I love the film, the personal and tribal/family relationships, and without question 12 year old Keisha Castle-Hughes' amazing Oscar nominated debut performance. Do yourself a favor and watch Rolf de Heer's haunting masterpiece THE TRACKER Spidey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IV3LvS_M6M (sorry I couldn't find a widescreen trailer) also check out the brilliant MYSTERY ROAD. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxx6eNrxKgYAnd, while I am not sure if it is on topic or not, the breathtaking, heart-stoppingly beautiful epic WOLF TOTEM is a must-see. www.youtube.com/watch?v=htggGbrX3qk
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Post by koskiewicz on Jun 6, 2017 16:32:06 GMT
...not sure if this one qualifies:
"Picnic At Hanging Rock"
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Post by gadolinium on Jun 6, 2017 20:17:13 GMT
The Last Wave (1977).
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Post by teleadm on Jun 7, 2017 18:19:33 GMT
Let's see if these could count...
All versions of Nikolai Gogol's saga of the 16th century cossacks, Tarass Boulba 1936, The Rebel Son 1938, Taras Bulba 1962 and Taras Bulba, il cosacco 1963, though the cossacks have been played by all kinds of nationalities.
The Savage Innocents 1960 the eskimos or inuits, though played by Anthony Quinn and Yoko Tani.
Apocalypto 2006 the Mayan kingdom before Europeans.
Die weisse Massai/The White Massai 2005, The Massais of today and how they live in a confusing world they can't really get a grip of, beeing used as tourist attractions.
King of the Gypsies 1978 The Gypsies (Romanis) of New York, based on a novel by Peter Maas and I don't know how much of it that is fabricated, and the Romanis are played by all kinds of american actors (Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Eric Roberts, Brooke Shields). A Romani camp was also used for some action scenes in From Russia With Love 1963
Suriyothai/The Legend of Suriyothai 2001, Thai nations and wars before before the Europeans.
The Emerald Forest 1985, Brazil rain forest tribe, based on a true story.
The Stranglers of Bombay 1960 maybe not a tribe, Thuggee Cult of Kali, based on a true story, but I thought it was interesting to mentionen since it was from them we got the word "thug" and "thugs".
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 8, 2017 2:02:40 GMT
Let's see if these could count... King of the Gypsies 1978 The Gypsies (Romanis) of New York, based on a novel by Peter Maas and I don't know how much of it that is fabricated, and the Romanis are played by all kinds of american actors (Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Eric Roberts, Brooke Shields). A Romani camp was also used for some action scenes in From Russia With Love 1963 The Romani, are a traditionally nomadic ethnic group, now living mostly in Europe and the Americas, they originated from the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent over 1000 years ago. A widely dispersed indigenous, ethnic group, a film which realistically shows the culture of a modern community is the Yugoslavian film from Aleksandar Petrović ...
Skupljaci perja , I Even Met Happy Gypsies, (1967) AKA by the actual original Serbian title translation, The Feather Gatherers
The authenticity of Skupljaci perja is highlighted by the use of genuine Gypsy melodies which originate exclusively from the films real village setting in northern Vojvodina. and also the fact that the film was shot in a near-extinct Gypsy language called Romany, which required the film to carry subtitles even when released in Yugoslavia. The feather gathers refers to the small scale village industry that farms and plucks geese for the down feathers. The raw film depicts and captures a genuine gypsy atmosphere with a cast of colourful characters, who aside from the main stars are all local inhabitants. The film takes us into a foreign world, a culture rarely seen. Showing there's a real community among the gypsies a traditional world & lifestyle where outsiders dare to tread & are mostly not welcome.
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Post by glenesq on Jun 8, 2017 3:39:33 GMT
The Fast Runner (2001) - story of love, murder and infidelity among the Inuit in medieval times. The most recent once-a-decade TIFF poll of Canadian films voted this the best Canadian film of all time.
Maliglutit (2016) - Nunavut ca 1913, story based on John Ford's The Searchers. Outlaw Inuit kidnap the wife and daughter of an Inuit hunter. He tracks the kidnappers across the ice and snow.
Black Robe (1991) - A Jesuit priest living among the Algonquin in Canada in the 1600s.
The Exiles (1961) - documentary of twenty-something yr old Native Americans who have left their reservation and live on the fringe of society in Los Angeles.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Jun 8, 2017 8:03:22 GMT
Would Jedda (1955) count? If TV movies count, then how about Burst of Summer (1961)? The reviewer for Sydney Morning Herald didn't like it, but then again I've seen plenty of things that the critics didn't like and found merit in them.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 9, 2017 1:56:51 GMT
The Fast Runner (2001) - story of love, murder and infidelity among the Inuit in medieval times. The most recent once-a-decade TIFF poll of Canadian films voted this the best Canadian film of all time. Maliglutit (2016) - Nunavut ca 1913, story based on John Ford's The Searchers. Outlaw Inuit kidnap the wife and daughter of an Inuit hunter. He tracks the kidnappers across the ice and snow. Black Robe (1991) - A Jesuit priest living among the Algonquin in Canada in the 1600s. The Exiles (1961) - documentary of twenty-something yr old Native Americans who have left their reservation and live on the fringe of society in Los Angeles. Many Thanks for these great recommendations glenesq, have ordered The Fast Runner, am most excited to see
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Post by glenesq on Jun 10, 2017 17:59:22 GMT
Many Thanks for these great recommendations glenesq, have ordered The Fast Runner, am most excited to see Hey hope you enjoy it, it's one of my favourite films. The high arctic is beautifully filmed in this one. Atanaruat's dash across the snow pursued by hunters is quite memorable. Save
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