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Where: Eiteljorg Museum 500 West Washington St.
February 9: Eiteljorg shows documentary “The Exiles”
The Exiles achieves the same kind of visual poetry found in neorealist classics such as The Bicycle Thief (Sarah Boslaugh, Playback)
A lush black-and-white cinéma vérité film chronicles one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles, circa 1955. Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows a group of exiles — transplants from Southwest reservations — as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance. All of the actors, some of whom were recruited on the spur of the moment during the shooting, play themselves in the film.
Mackenzie’s magnificent, long-undistributed, unclassifiable first feature stands as a rare consideration of the inner and outer lives of American Indians in a big American city (Wesley Morris, Boston Globe).
When: Thursday February 9, 7:00 pmWhere: Eiteljorg Museum 500 West Washington St.
The Exiles is part of a four-film series presented by the Eiteljorg Museum and IMA, in relation to the IMA’s Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection, and the Eiteljorg’s We Are Here! Native Expression in the 21st Century exhibition. The films examine both past portrayals of Native Americans in the context of more modern, urban perspectives on Native American life and self-images.
$5 Public | $3 Members of IMA or Eiteljorg Tickets for this film can be purchased on-site at the Eiteljorg Museum or by calling 317-275-1310.
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The other films in the IMA/Eiteljorg series:
- January 19 — Reel Injun, a documentary exploring the many stereotypes of Native Americans in Hollywood films
- January 26 — Frozen River, award-winning film about two women who struggle to survive by smuggling illegal immigrants from Canada to the US
- February 2 — Four Sheets to the Wind, a critically acclaimed exploration of family and forgiveness
A couple of chances to talk about different concepts of spirituality among Native Americans:
- January 12 — The Power of Objects: White Wolf James (Pomo/Cherokee), assistant curator of Native American art, history and culture at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, talks about the meanings of natural and man-made objects in traditional Native American cultures.
- January 17 — Creating Healing Environments — Wisdom from Navajo Ceremonies. Which is better for health, a medical or a medicine man? Dr. Lori Alvord, Professor of Surgery at Central Michigan University College of Medicine, thinks the answer might be both.
