Intrepid Shadows

Synopsis: This film is different in style to the others in the series. Al Clah, who made it, was not a Navajo from the Pine Springs community, nor was he like the other Indians in that he was unusually introspective, hostile and competitive. He spent most of his time with Worth and Adair and little with the other Indians. Clah was quite specific about the differences between his film and those of the other Indians: ‘I still believe in my Indian ways...the other students they making films of the daily lives of people, but I went beyond, a little beyond that...they making films about things out there, the trading post, things you can see; I’m making films about inside: I like to see scenes that people never expected, the legends, the gods’.
Series: Navajo Films, Series
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film; Film. 16mm. sd. b&w. 18 min.
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of production: 1966
Availability: Hire
Documentation: Reference: ‘Through Navajo eyes: an exploration in film communication and anthropology’ by Sol Worth and John Adair (Indiana University Press, 1972).
Subjects: Anthropology
Keywords: Indians of North & South America; Navaho; United States of America

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