White Feather

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Audience Member Wow, this is one of the best ones I’ve ever seen. I highly recommend it, James Welch, Henderson, Arkansas, April 29, 2023. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/29/23 Full Review Audience Member For being a mid 1950's western and making an effort in presenting the Cheyenne culture in a supposed realistic manner, White Feather still manage to show much of the bottom line racism and prejudice of the time, with 'indian' looking actors in the main roles, expected cultural clischés and a naive fabricated language. However, the film is an early and perhaps honest attempt on creating a more realistic view on the 'Native American' as they attended in westerns from around 15 years later on. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Even thought the film is certainly fictitious, it is beautifully filmed and stunning in costume and detail. The Old West has n ver looked so good nor have the American Indian looked so majestic. White Feather was one of the very first films I saw as a child and it was because of it that I learned to feel sympathy for Indians and develop a love for their culture and history. I recommend it also for its ending, which is poignant and magnificent in its uniqueness. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member I like some of these old westerns. At least they had a good plot. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Great cinematography and good acting make this a worthwhile film about the West and the encroachment on the tribes' land by the US Government acting on behalf of white Americans. It shows the "noble savage" side of the Cheyenne very favorably and the whites are shown realistically - some are sympathetic to the plight of the Indians. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member A better version of Broken Arrow, though the attempt to humanize the Indians still comes across as patronizing. The real joy here is Lucien Ballard's stunning photography. Some shots of landscapes with geometrical disbursements of people in the frame suggest 1960s Miklos Jancso. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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