These include demonstrations,Īctivism and creative responses like Wind River. Protect some of the most vulnerable people. Indigenous Women formed, demanding changes to hold those accountable and to įrom these abuses the campaign of Missing and Murdered Murdered at rates of more than ten times the national average. It isĪlso reported that 34% of Native women are raped in their lifetime and 67% of In their lifetime, a statistic 9% higher than any other group of women. To experience violence than any other demographic and 61% have been assaulted In the US, Native women are two and a half times more likely No wonder it has been described as both a Canadian national crisis and a Homicide rate for Aboriginal women was seven times higher than other women. Ī 2011 Statistics Canada report estimated that, between 19, the “disproportionally affected by all forms of violence”. They also concluded that Indigenous women and girls were Represented 16% of all female homicides in Canada, despite making up only 4% of Theīackground to this inquiry found that between 19, Indigenous women In 2016, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau establishedĪ National Inquiry into the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Women, as Wind River reflects, is still phenomenally disproportionate. However, violence against Native and Indigenous Violence and brutality against all native peoples of North America for those There has been a well-documented history of However, putting aside these merits and flaws, Wind RiverĬan be understood as an attempt at cinematic activism, which seeks to raiseĪwareness for the MMIW campaign. Should be remembered, to a very much alive and dynamic group of people, thisīombardment of death is unrepresentative and tiresome. The ‘dying Indian’ motif, where Hollywood movies continually show Native peopleĭying or present their culture as dying. Reviewer Jason Asenap also criticises the movie, arguing that it perpetuates River has received criticism after actor Kelsey Chow falsely claimedĬherokee ancestry, and thus continued this erasure of native people in film. (2015) and Johnny Depp (Tonto) in The Lone Ranger (2013). Indigenous characters which continues today: Rooney Mara (Tiger Lily) in Pan There has been a long history of white actors playing While Renner may have brought in additional press and beneficial coverage, I think it would have been better to have Lambert’s character portrayed by a native actor. In the original script, Lambert was a quarter Arapaho, but this was dropped when Renner was cast, instead leaving his ex-wife and children his only connection to the reservation.
Banner needed to be white to show the tension between the FBI and the Tribal Police, as well as the general tension between white people and those on reservations. It definitely suffers from tropes of white saviourism: while the tribal police support the investigation, it is led by Lambert and Banner.
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The movie ends on the quote featured at the top of this article – missing indigenous women are not recorded unlike every other demographic. There are few scenes more heart-breaking. The acting is good, and the final scene of Renner and Gil Birmingham (playing Natalie’s father) is the film’s standout performance, where they mourn the brutally unfair loss of their daughters.
The cinematography of the bleak Wyoming winter is atmospheric and Nick Cave and Warren Ellis’ soundtrack is ominous yet understated, never taking the spotlight away from the hard-hitting minimalism Director Taylor Sheridan employs. Racial tensions are a constant theme throughout the movie, especiallyīetween Banner and the Tribal Police, but their misunderstanding turns into Rookie FBI investigator Janeīanner (Elizabeth Olsen) is assigned to the case and works with Lambert to find Wildlife service agent Cory Lambert (Jeremy Renner). Set in the Wind River reservation in Wyoming, 18-year-oldĪrapaho Natalie Hanson (Kelsey Chow) is found raped and dead in the snow by Still ignorant of the #MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) campaign, We should be talking about Wind River (2017)’. I wrote an article about it at the time and titled it ‘ Why Injustices of the Indigenous and Native people in America, especially However, it is rare for the focus to be on the current This is nothing new cinema has been used many a time to amplify Movie, but importantly Wind River is a statement: the world is wrong and It and I wasn’t prepared for the movie when I sat down for it: its harrowingĭepiction of could-be-true events was poignant and devastating. Despite the film’s well-known cast and director, I hadn’t heard of I watched Wind River for the first time a few of No one knows how many are missing – Wind River (2017) While missing person statistics are compiled for every other demographic, none exists for Native American women.
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