从电影节看原住民文化冲突

AS IT IS 2015-06-01 Films Explore Native Peoples, Culture Conflict 从电影节看原住民文化冲突

The city of Los Angeles, California is famous as the home of America's movie industry. A recent film festival there presented a number of movies about native peoples and cultures. The Garifuna International Film Festival takes place every year in May. This marked the event's fourth year.

The films focus on peoples like the Garifuna -- Central Americans of combined African, Carib and Arawak ancestry¹.

Filmmaker and actor Ruben Reyes is Garifuna. He co-produced the movie "Garifuna in Peril²."

"We come to the United States and other countries, then our children want to be American. But when we teach them the importance of being Garifuna, then they start to show interest in the language."

A film called "The Holy Man: The USA vs Douglas White" looks at a spiritual leader accused of a crime and imprisoned³. The story comes from the Pine Ridge⁴ reservation of Lakota people. The filmmakers found problems in the case against Douglas White and had it reopened. The story examines neglect and poverty, and a rich culture.

Husband and wife team Simon Joseph and Jennifer Jessum made the film. Actor Martin Sheen narrates⁶ the story. Here is Martin Sheen with Jennifer Jessum from a video clip seen on YouTube:

"Pine Ridge Indian reservation is home to the Lakota people, also known as the great Sioux nation."

"It is kind of a small story that takes on some bigger issues."

Dancer Olu Yemisi documents her dance troupe⁷ in the film "Rhythm and Body Language." The group performs to music with roots in Latin, Caribbean and American jazz.

"This film actually follows some years of us performing in different venues⁸."

A Cantonese-language film, "Red Passage," looks at a different kind of culture clash in Hong Kong. Forty years ago, a few liberal schools in the British colony supported ideas then current in mainland China during the Cultural Revolution.

The story is based on the childhood of filmmaker Ho Yi.

"When this boy got into this kind of school, he suffers and feels lonely and feels confused."

Freda Sideroff is the founder⁹ and organizer of the Garifuna International Film Festival. She is Garifuna. She says some films this year examined cultural conflict and others loss of language.

"The aborigines, the Hawaiians with their language, and we have the Welsh."

She says they are languages and cultures worth protecting.

Words in This Story

focus – v. to direct attention or effort at something

reservation – n. territory in the U.S. that is kept separate as a place for Native Americans to live

neglect – n. the condition of not being taken care of

narrate⁵ – v. to say the words that are heard as part of (a movie, television show, etc.) and that describe what is being seen; to do the narration¹⁰ for (something)

confused – adj. unable to understand or think clearly

1 ancestry   

n.祖先，家世

参考例句：

• Their ancestry settled the land in 1856.他们的祖辈1856年在这块土地上定居下来。
• He is an American of French ancestry.他是法国血统的美国人。

2 peril   

n.(严重的)危险；危险的事物

参考例句：

• The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
• The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。

3 imprisoned   

下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
• They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。

4 ridge   

n.山脊；鼻梁；分水岭

参考例句：

• We clambered up the hillside to the ridge above.我们沿着山坡费力地爬上了山脊。
• The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge.步兵部队正在向前挺进攻打山脊。

5 narrate   

v.讲，叙述

参考例句：

• They each narrate their own tale but are all inextricably linked together.她们各自讲述自己的故事，却又不可避免地联系在一起。
• He once holds the tear to narrate a such story to mine.他曾经含着泪给我讲述了这样的一个故事。

6 narrates   

v.故事( narrate的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• It narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
• Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网

7 troupe   

n.剧团，戏班；杂技团；马戏团

参考例句：

• The art troupe is always on the move in frontier guards.文工团常年在边防部队流动。
• The troupe produced a new play last night.剧团昨晚上演了一部新剧。

8 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

9 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

10 narration   

n.讲述，叙述；故事；记叙体

参考例句：

• The richness of his novel comes from his narration of it.他小说的丰富多采得益于他的叙述。
• Narration should become a basic approach to preschool education.叙事应是幼儿教育的基本途径。