{"product_id":"navajo-talking-picture-randolph-lewis-9780803238411","title":"Navajo Talking Picture: Cinema on Native Ground","description":"\u003ci\u003eNavajo Talking Picture\u003c\/i\u003e, released in 1985, is one of the earliest and most controversial works of Native cinema. It is a documentary by Los Angeles filmmaker Arlene Bowman, who travels to the Navajo reservation to record the traditional ways of her grandmother in order to understand her own cultural heritage. For reasons that have often confused viewers, the filmmaker persists despite her traditional grandmother's forceful objections to the apparent invasion of her privacy. What emerges is a strange and thought-provoking work that abruptly calls into question the issue of insider versus outsider and other assumptions that have obscured the complexities of Native art.\u003cbr\u003eRandolph Lewis offers an insightful introduction and analysis of \u003ci\u003eNavajo Talking Picture\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he shows that it is not simply the \u003ci\u003efirst \u003c\/i\u003eNavajo-produced film but also a path-breaking work in the history of indigenous media in the United States. Placing the film in a number of revealing contexts, including the long history of Navajo people working in Hollywood, the ethics of documentary filmmaking, and the often problematic reception of Native art, Lewis explores the tensions and mysteries hidden in this unsettling but fascinating film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randolph Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080323841X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803238411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.54w x 0.58d","brand":"Randolph Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926184034559,"sku":"9780803238411","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cc880795-1036-4366-a789-327a4060932f.jpg?v=1681081667","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/navajo-talking-picture-randolph-lewis-9780803238411","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}