Imagining Indians

Reflecting on the making of Imagining Indians, Victor Masayesva Jr says, "Coming from a village which became embroiled in the filming of Darkwind, a Hollywood production on the Hopi Reservation, I felt a keen responsibility as a community member, not an individual, to address these impositions on our tribal lives."

Combining staged sequences with interviews with native people in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota, Washington and the Amazon, IMAGINING INDIANS is an alternately funny and biting critique of the intrusion of filmmaking into native communities. Filmed with an all-Indian crew, this remains one of Masayesva's most controversial works.