The History of the Luiseño People ⁽¹⁹⁹³⁾

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The History of the Luiseño People

Durée :

0h 27min

Date de sortie :

January 1993

Réalisé par : Isaac Artenstein
Ecrit par : James Luna

Based on his ever-changing performance Indian Tails, this video features Luna sitting alone in his darkened room in front of the TV on Christmas Eve. As he sits, he calls friends, family and ex-lovers, excusing himself from all their celebrations. Luna tells us, "In the work there is a thin line between what is fictional and what is non-fiction, and what is real emotion and what is art. … There is a cultural element where I let (or seem to let) people in on American Indian cultures. There are also elements in the work about American culture that everyone can identify with, and that makes for an understanding that we are all more alike than different."