Columbus Didn't Discover Us

1992 documentary film
  • Felix Atencio-Gonzales
  • Robbie Leppzer
Production
company
Turning Tide Productions
Release date
  • 1992 (1992)
Running time
24 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguages
  • English
  • Spanish

Columbus Didn't Discover Us is a 1992 American short documentary film directed and co-edited by Robbie Leppzer. It was filmed at the First Continental Conference on 500 Years of Indian Resistance in Quito, Ecuador, in 1990.[1][2]

Columbus Didn't Discover Us screened on May 16, 1992, in Deerfield, Massachusetts, as part of an exhibition titled 1492–1992: Many Voices Many Views.[1] The exhibition coincided with the Columbus Quincentenary, the 500th anniversary of the first of the voyages of Christopher Columbus.[1][3]

Home media

Columbus Didn't Discover Us had its first home media release on VHS.[4] In 2020, the film was remastered in HD and released online with a newly added 6-minute opening montage of protesters taking down statues of Christopher Columbus.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Davis, Richie (May 4, 1992). "The Columbus legacy: Showcase for teachers aims to balance view". The Recorder. Greenfield, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Orme, Terry (October 4, 1992). "Filmmakers take dim view of Columbus' 'discovery'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. E3. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Stam, Robert; Shohat, Ella (2006). Flagging Patriotism: Crises of Narcissism and Anti-Americanism. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-415-97922-1.
  4. ^ Columbus Didn't Discover Us: Native People's Perspectives on the Columbus Legacy (VHS), ASIN B000P9YD86, ISBN 1-881626-11-3
  5. ^ "COLUMBUS DIDN'T DISCOVER US". Turning Tide Films. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

Further reading

  • "Native American Heritage Films". IUB Libraries Blogs. Indiana University Bloomington. November 6, 2017. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  • Shohat, Ella; Stam, Robert (2014). Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media (Second ed.). Routledge. pp. 71, 76, 86. ISBN 978-0-415-53861-9.

External links

  • Official website
  • Columbus Didn't Discover Us at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
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Films directed by Robbie Leppzer
Feature films
Short films
  • Choose Life (1984)
  • Harvest of Peace (1985)
  • Columbus Didn't Discover Us (1992)
  • Futbolito (1994)
  • Voices for Peace (2001)


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