REVIEW ESSAY: “It’s About Time!”

Reflections on Wes Studi and the Current Zeitgeist of Indigenous Mainstream Cinema

Authors

  • James Lapping University of York

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.1285

Abstract

Cherokee actor Wes Studi was recognised with an Academy Honorary Award in 2019. To date, he is the first and only Native American actor to be decorated with the highest achievement available in the film industry. This review discusses the career that he paved for himself at a time when Indigenous erasure, stereotyping, and racist portrayals were still prominent, and how the progress of this career correlates with a shift towards positive changes for Indigenous representation and the current zeitgeist moment for Indigenous mainstream cinema.

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Published

2024-11-12

How to Cite

Lapping, J. (2024). REVIEW ESSAY: “It’s About Time!”: Reflections on Wes Studi and the Current Zeitgeist of Indigenous Mainstream Cinema. Transmotion, 10(1), 177–187. https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.1285

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2024): Open Issue

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Reviews

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