Reel Injun (1:25) 2009

Documentary director Neil Diamond travels around the Western part of the US in his "rez car." He visits different Native American tribes exploring how The People have been treated by Hollywood through the years. Diamond segments his documentary by the silent era, the Western movie era and. later on, by each decade. Well known Native American actors are interviewed including Adam Beach, Russell Means, and Graham Greene.  Reel Injun exposes a long time Hollywood secret when it is revealed that the Iron Eyes Cody, the Indian who shed a tear in the Keep America Beautiful television ads, was not a Native American but a son of Silician immigrants. The documentary also discusses political activism of the aboriginal people with the sit in at Alcatraz and Pine Ridge. This is a senstive and eye opening discussion of Hollywood's treatment of the Native American.