Posts tagged indigenous peoples
Roundtable: Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
Roundtable: Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)

The brothers discuss how Avatar: Fire and Ash functions as a planetary romance, Cameron’s use of repetition, and the film’s themes and character development.

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RoundtablesAnton Bergstromroundtable, James Cameron, Avatar, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Jack Champion, Kate Winslet, Cliff Curtis, Britain Dalton, planetary romance, John Carter, Barsoom, Chaplin, Return of the Jedi, colonialism, environment, Avatar: The Way of Water, Star Wars, science fiction, repetition, character development, adventure, The Last of the Mohicans, Dances with Wolves, indigenous peoples, environmentalism, themesComment
Review: Pathfinder (1987)
Review: Pathfinder (1987)

Retelling a Sami legend, Nils Gaup’s Pathfinder is both an act of cultural preservation and a thrilling action-adventure.

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Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromPathfinder, Norway, Sami, Nils Gaup, Mikkel Gaup, Nils Utsi, Helgi Skulason, Sarah Marit Gaup, Scandinavian, foot chase, Nordic skiing, folk tale, indigenous peoples, ethnography, cultural preservation, Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, Best Foreign Language Film, Middle AgesComment