Looking into Disney Movies
Pocahontas
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Pocahontas was Disney’s “first historically based animated film, but it also helped diversify a rather homogeneous group of past protagonists with its Native American lead.”
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AnimismPocahontas talks to Grandmother Willow, which is in the form of a tree.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm0uR81AZhA
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Brother Bear
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Released in 2003, this movie portrays the Inuit tribe. The plot of the movie focuses on a young man named Kenai who hates bears because one of them killed his brother. In his path for revenge, Kenai kills an innocent bear which now leaves a young cub, Koda, motherless. The ancestors of Kenai's tribe decide to punish him by turning him into a bear where he meets little Koda and ultimately decides to stay with him.
Many aspects of an indigenous culture can be seen in this movie. For example, one sees a woman named Tanana as the Shaman who often visits the Northern lights, believing them to be the spirits of the tribe’s ancestors. She can be seen in the image to the right. The movie also portrays a right of passage to manhood which can be seen in the video to the right. . source: http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=ojur http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328880/ |
http://www.cornel1801.com/disney/Brother-Bear-2003/movie-film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZYab1R5vZY
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Peter Pan
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Disney's portrayal of a Native culture in its movie "Peter Pan" has always been a controversial topic. Premiering in 1953, the movie contains a song titled "What Makes the Red Man Red?" While the song is being performed, viewers see what could be a tribal dance. However, the way the Native people look is very stereotypical. The Disney movie has received a lot of negative feedback in the past years because of this scene which can be viewed in the video to the left.
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References
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Molloy, Michael. Experiencing the World's Religions: Tradition, Challenge, and Change. Sixth ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher
Education, 2012. Print.
Education, 2012. Print.