Redskin (1929)

Directed by

Victor Schertzinger

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Native American man experiences prejudice and hardship as he tries to find his place between his traditional culture and the white world. The film follows his journey from boarding school to life on a reservation.

poignantearnestold-fashioneddramaticmelancholicvisually experimentalsympatheticbittersweet

What happens

Redskin is a 1929 American sound film with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, filmed partially in Technicolor. Its final six minutes were shown in Magnascope, an enlarged-screen projection novelty. The film, directed by Victor Schertzinger, stars Richard Dix and was produced and released by Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. Though not well remembered among the general public, the film is regarded highly by film historians for presenting sympathetic portrayals of Native Americans in the silent film era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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