Explore the link between how Native peoples are depicted in media and the treatment of Native peoples in the US at this multi-media presentation by Northern Arapaho filmmaker Ernest Whiteman III.
"Are you watching closely?"
Ernest Whiteman III is a Northern Arapaho filmmaker, artist, writer, and media educator who has a passion for examining and sharing how Native peoples are depicted in media. His multi-media presentation shows the link between how Native peoples are depicted in media and the treatment of Native peoples in the United States. Q & A to follow.
Ernest M. Whiteman III is involved in many creative and educational projects. He is the Co-director of First Nations Film and Video Festival, Inc. (a non-profit film festival supporting Native American directors). He teaches “Native Americans in Media” at the University of Wisconsin Parkside. He also has many film and video projects and is the author of two self-published books (The Autobiography of Blue Woman and A Rez Tale). He is from the Wind River Reservation and currently lives in Skokie.
Cosponsored by the Native American House at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and presented in partnership with the Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau. Illinois Humanities is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy Demands Wisdom and the Illinois General Assembly [through the Illinois Arts Council Agency], as well as by contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
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