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I Want to Know Why

19946mDana Claxton

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The videomaker investigates the women in her family who have succumbed prematurely to external forces of racism and poverty. Using repetition and manipulation of western images of First Nations culture with an at first timid, then demanding voice-over, the video moves through sorrow and indignation with the processes of cultural genocide.

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What is I Want to Know Why (1994) about?

The videomaker investigates the women in her family who have succumbed prematurely to external forces of racism and poverty. Using repetition and manipulation of western images of First Nations culture with an at first timid, then demanding voice-over, the video moves through sorrow and indignation with the processes of cultural genocide.

How long is I Want to Know Why?

I Want to Know Why has a runtime of 6 min and premiered in 1994.

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