Navajo (film) explained

Navajo
Director:Norman Foster
Producer:Hall Bartlett
Starring:Hall Bartlett
Francis Kee Teller
Music:Leith Stevens
Cinematography:Virgil Miller
Editing:Lloyd Nosler
Studio:Bartlett Foster Productions
Distributor:Lippert Pictures
Runtime:70 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Navajo is a 1952 American fictional drama film directed by Norman Foster. It was nominated for two Academy Awards: for Best Documentary Feature (although it's not a documentary[1]) and Best Cinematography.[2] The Academy Film Archive preserved Navajo in 2012.[3] [4]

It is a story about "Son of the Hunter", a seven-year-old Navajo boy whose father abandoned the family, then his de facto grandfather dies. When he goes to the trading post to get help, he is captured by the authorities and is forced to attend a reservation boarding school. While there, his mother and one of his two sisters die of an undiagnosed malady. He escapes from the school and returns to the wilderness to try to live an independent life.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presented 8-year-old actor Francis Kee Teller with an honorary award at the 1953 Golden Globe Awards[5]

The film was restored by Kit Parker Films in 2020 and released on home video for the first time. The release includes a 1952 documentary called Our Navajo Neighbors.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mountanto . NAVAJO Review – *** . 2020-12-11 . 2021-12-08 . it’s really not a documentary.
  2. Web site: NY Times: Navajo . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521072254/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/73295/The-Navajo/details . dead . May 21, 2011 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2011 . November 8, 2008.
  3. Web site: Preserved Projects. Academy Film Archive.
  4. News: Richard, D. M.. November 20, 1951. Navajos in semi-documentary. The Christian Science Monitor. .
  5. News: Correspondents Announce Film Award Winners. Los Angeles Times . 27 February 1953. 2.
  6. News: 'Navajo' film re-released with bonus cuts"> . . December 23, 2020 . Cindy . Yurth.