Screening: “Cowboy and ‘Indian’ Film”

The Anthology Film Archives presents Cowboy and “Indian” Film (1957-58) by Raphael Montañez Ortiz as part of an evening screening program.

About the film:

“Ortiz produced experimental works in which he used existing films as the raw material for his own art. In Cowboy and “Indian” Film, he ritually chopped up several copies of Anthony Mann’s classic Western Winchester ’73 (1950) and then randomly reassembled snippets to completely destroy the original movie’s narrative and audiovisual integrity. Ortiz considered his shaman-like process resonant with his indigenous heritage. His destructive act also criticized media depictions of Native Americans.”

— Smithsonian American Art Museum

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This event is cosponsored by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center.