Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian

Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian (2012) blends Comedy and Documentary elements. Top cast includes Rich Hall and Dallas Goldtooth. The plot follows a central conflict that grows in scope as the film progresses.

Actor: Rich Hall • Genre: Comedy movies • Provider: Netflix

Comedian Rich Hall goes in search of the real American Indian, a people who have too often been stereotyped. This image portrayed through cinema and literature is not a true representation of the Native American, giving Rich the opportunity to redress the balance. With the help of Native American, Dallas Goldtooth, Rich explores a different idea of what the American Indian is and what life is like for them today. He not only questions the screen image of the 'savage Indian' in films such as Soldier Blue, Stagecoach and A Man Called Horse, but looks at the written one, through literature such as The Last of the Mohicans, Black Elk Speaks and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.