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Season 12 Episode 3: Reel Injun: On the Trail of the Hollywood Indian

The portrayal of Native Americans in cinema. / Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond takes an entertaining, insightful, and often humorous look at the Hollywood Indian, exploring the portrayal of North American Natives through a century of cinema and examining the myth of "the Injun." Narrated by Diamond with infectious enthusiasm and good humor, this film is a loving look at cinema through the eyes of the people who appeared in its very first flickering images and have survived to tell their stories their own way.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

28

Episodes:

543

Actor:

Stanley Tucci

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1999

IMDb:

6.6