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Apr 23, 2001 · Edward Curtis: Coming to Light: Directed by Anne Makepeace. With Sheila Tousey, Bill Pullman. The dramatic story of eminent photographer Edward S. Curtis and the creation of his monumental portfolio of Native American images.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Anne Makepeace
- 2001-04-23
Jan 28, 2000 · This poignant documentary tells the story of pioneering and self-educated photographer Edward S. Curtis during the waning days of Native American culture. In 1900, Curtis secures funding from ...
- Documentary
Apr 19, 2000 · Running time: 85 MIN. With: Narrator: Sheila Tousey. Voice of Edward Curtis: Bill Pullman. The Odyssean photographic career and poignantly forlorn private life of Edward S. Curtis are charted with ...
Coming To Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians You’ve seen his work…the somber, seemingly stoic faces in a history book here, a Western museum there. His opus, a twenty-volume text covering eighty tribes and 40,000 photographs, stands today as often the only record of many tribal forebears.
"COMING TO LIGHT tells more than the story of its main subject, 'Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians.' It tells, too, of the tragedy of cultural loss and hopes for recovery of memory. The film honors the great achievements of Curtis by placing his pictures in a vibrant frame of sorrow, desire, and promise.
Coming to Light tells the dramatic story of Edward S. Curtis, a complicated, passionate, self-educated pioneer and visionary artist who set out in 1900 to document traditional Indian life before it was gone. He created an astonishing body of work: thousand of wax recordings, a full length motion picture with Kwakiutl people, twenty volumes of…
An in-depth portrait of Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), the preeminent pioneer photographer of North American Indians. The film tells the dramatic story of Curtis' life, his monumental work, and his changing views of the people he set out to document. Includes Native Americans in the discussions of his images.
