[nativestudies-l] Edward Curtis Meets the Kwakwaka'wakw project and website

[Kathleen Burns]

Of possible interest to Native Studies list members?

A 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.

-Kathleen


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>Dear friends and colleagues,
>
>We are very pleased to announce the official launch of our new website
>developed in support of our current project:
>
>EDWARD CURTIS MEETS THE KWAKWAKA'WAKW "IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS":
>Curtis's Landmark 1914 Silent Film of Pacific Northwest First Nations
>Culture—Restored, Re-evaluated, and Framed with a Live Orchestral
>Arrangement of the Original Score and a Performance by the Gwa'wina
>Dancers, Descendants of the Indigenous Cast.
>
>This collaborative project approaches the film from two distinct but
>overlapping perspectives: As a scholarly recovery and restoration of
>the original melodramatic contexts and content of the film and musical
>score; and as an indigenous re-framing of this material given unique
>Kwakwaka'wakw perspectives on the original film, its specific cultural
>content, and its historical context of production.
>
>Please visit: http://www.curtisfilm.rutgers.edu
>
>The website functions as the gateway to partner institutions that are
>hosting public screening/performance events and related programming in
>June 2008 (in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Vancouver) and in November
>2008 (in Chicago, Washington DC, and New York City). In addition, the
>site provides a thorough scholarly introduction to Curtis's film, to
>the central role of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) in its production,
>and to the new archival discoveries that have led to its current
>restoration. It also includes extensive media relating to the film's
>production as well as contemporary Kwakwaka'wakw culture.
>
>Please circulate this email widely to individuals and groups who may
>share an interest in Edward Curtis, film history, and First Nations.
>We hope to see many of you at the public events later this year.
>
>Your Curtis project coordinators,
>
>Aaron Glass
>Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellow
>Department of Anthropology
>University of British Columbia
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>Brad Evans
>Associate Professor of English
>Rutgers University
>
>Andrea Sanborn
>Executive Director
>U'mista Cultural Centre
>



-- 
Kathleen T. Burns, Archivist
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale University
kathleen.burns at yale.edu
203-432-7328
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