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Lora L. Templeton's avatar

An English friend of mine was absolutely besotted with The Searchers and I have done my time with the other John Wayne/John Ford myth The Quiet Man. This was another excellent essay but it definitely highlighted that the films you've covered that I've really engaged with were the ones where whiteness intersected with women (ie: GWTW, Pretty in Pink, Dirty Dancing). I don't mind a good western, though! Ballad of Buster Scruggs is one of our favs!

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Liz K's avatar

Kind of tangential, but I realized I’ve seen only scenes from The Searchers, in the excellent documentary, Reel Injun, about indigenous representation in Hollywood.

https://www.reelinjunthemovie.com/site/

It is one of my very favorite documentaries. I show this film in media studies classes, always watching with students and taking notes. I never tire of it, and I’m enraged again every time by the scenes in the children’s summer camp. Students always find it powerful as well.

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