<font face="verdana,sans-serif">Of possible interest to Native Studies list members?<br><br>A </font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">screening is scheduled in New York at the NMAI for next November, and appears to be associated with an NYU/Rutgers conference called "Rethinking Representation." There's a lot of information on the website about screening dates and the project itself.<br>
<br>-Kathleen<br>
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>Dear friends and colleagues,<br>
><br>
>We are very pleased to announce the official launch of our new website<br>
>developed in support of our current project:<br>
><br>
>EDWARD CURTIS MEETS THE KWAKWAKA'WAKW "IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS":<br>
>Curtis's Landmark 1914 Silent Film of Pacific Northwest First Nations<br>
>Culture—Restored, Re-evaluated, and Framed with a Live Orchestral<br>
>Arrangement of the Original Score and a Performance by the Gwa'wina<br>
>Dancers, Descendants of the Indigenous Cast.<br>
><br>
>This collaborative project approaches the film from two distinct but<br>
>overlapping perspectives: As a scholarly recovery and restoration of<br>
>the original melodramatic contexts and content of the film and musical<br>
>score; and as an indigenous re-framing of this material given unique<br>
>Kwakwaka'wakw perspectives on the original film, its specific cultural<br>
>content, and its historical context of production.<br>
><br>
>Please visit: <a href="http://www.curtisfilm.rutgers.edu" target="_blank">http://www.curtisfilm.rutgers.edu</a><br>
><br>
>The website functions as the gateway to partner institutions that are<br>
>hosting public screening/performance events and related programming in<br>
>June 2008 (in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Vancouver) and in November<br>
>2008 (in Chicago, Washington DC, and New York City). In addition, the<br>
>site provides a thorough scholarly introduction to Curtis's film, to<br>
>the central role of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) in its production,<br>
>and to the new archival discoveries that have led to its current<br>
>restoration. It also includes extensive media relating to the film's<br>
>production as well as contemporary Kwakwaka'wakw culture.<br>
><br>
>Please circulate this email widely to individuals and groups who may<br>
>share an interest in Edward Curtis, film history, and First Nations.<br>
>We hope to see many of you at the public events later this year.<br>
><br>
>Your Curtis project coordinators,<br>
><br>
>Aaron Glass<br>
>Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow<br>
>Department of Anthropology<br>
>University of British Columbia<br>
><br>
>Brad Evans<br>
>Associate Professor of English<br>
>Rutgers University<br>
><br>
>Andrea Sanborn<br>
>Executive Director<br>
>U'mista Cultural Centre<br>
></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Kathleen T. Burns, Archivist<br>Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library<br>Yale University<br><a href="mailto:kathleen.burns@yale.edu">kathleen.burns@yale.edu</a><br>203-432-7328