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Navajo Film Themselves

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Movies
  
Second Weaver, Intrepid Shadows, A Navajo Weaver

Directors
  
Susie Benally, Mike Anderson, Maxine Tsosie, Alfred Clah, Mary J. Tsosie, Johnny Nelson

Navajos Film Themselves is a series of seven short documentary films which show scenes of life on the Navajo Nation. It was added to the United States National Film Registry in 2002.

The films are:

  • Intrepid Shadows directed by Al Clah
  • The Navajo Silversmith directed by Johnny Nelson
  • A Navajo Weaver directed by Susie Benally
  • Old Antelope Lake directed by Mike Anderson
  • Second Weaver directed by Susie Benally
  • The Shallow Well Project directed by Johnny Nelson
  • The Spirit of the Navajos directed by Maxine and Mary J. Tsosie.

    • According to an article in "American Anthropologist: New Series, Vol. 76, No. 2, p. 482", "Second Weaver" was filmed by Alta Kahn and not Susie Benally.

    The series is also known as Through Navajo Eyes.

    References

    Navajo Film Themselves Wikipedia
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