Seeing Red―Hollywood's Pixeled Skins: American Indians and Film (American Indian Studies)

The Seeing Red anthology is a groundbreaking collection of reviews that reexamines how American Indians have been portrayed in film.

With 36 insightful and personal reviews by prominent scholars, this book offers a unique perspective on the dramatic differences between Native experiences and their cinematic representations.

From George B.

Seitz's The Vanishing American to Rick Schroder's Black Cloud, the anthology covers a wide range of films, from blatantly racist to well-intentioned independent productions.

By pointing out and poking fun at dominant ideologies and stereotypes, Seeing Red provides readers with the ability to recognize both good filmmaking and the dangers of misrepresenting aboriginal peoples.

This collaboration by scholars in American Indian Studies offers a method to historicize and contextualize cinematic representations, providing a unique entryway for reflecting on the U.S.

film industry's representation of American Indians.

A must-read for high school and college classes dealing with race and ethnicity, Indian-white relations, and the history of movies, Seeing Red is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding the complex and often problematic portrayal of Native Americans on screen.