Red Fever
01/05/2024
2h

Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity. The film follows Cree co-director Neil Diamond as he asks, “Why do they love us so much?!” and sets out on a journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that is all over pop culture. Why have Indigenous cultures been revered, romanticized, and appropriated for so long, and to this day? Red Fever uncovers the surprising truths behind the imagery -- so buried in history that even most Native people don't know about them.
Cast


Neil Diamond
Self - Narrator
Christian Allaire
Self - Senior Fashion Writer, Vogue
Susan Scafidi
Self - Founder & Director, Fashion Law Institute
Angela Demontigny
Self - Fashion Designer & Artist
Adrienne Keene
Self - Indigenous Studies Scholar


Korina Emmerich
Self - Fashion Designer
Peter Strikes With A Gun
Self - Elder & Former Chief
Salome Awa
Self - Descendent of Shaman Qingailisaq


Zacharias Kunuk
Self
Jamie Okuma
Self - Artist & Fashion Designer
Sage Paul
Self - Fashion Artist
Shaun Martin
Self - Ultramarathoner & School Principal
Dustin Martin
Self - Executive Director, Wings of America
Philip Deloria
Self - Prof. of History, Harvard University
Juaquin Hamilton
Self - Sac & Fox Nation Historian
June Hamilton
Self


Oren R. Lyons
Self - Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan, Council of Chiefs


Jim Thorpe
Self (archive footage)
Sally Jenkins
Self - Sports Columnist, Washington Post
Ray Halbritter
Self - Oneida Indian Nation Representative
Albert Exendine
Self (archive voice)
Stephanie Fryberg
Self - Prof. of Psychology, University of Michigan


Sterlin Harjo
Self - Filmmaker, Writer, Director
George Starke
Self - Former Washington R*dskins Player
Ned Blackhawk
Self - Prof. of History & American Studies, Yale University
Doug George-Kanentiio
Self - Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge
David Wengrow
Self - Co-author, "The Dawn of Everything"


Gloria Steinem
Self - Political Activist
Michelle Schenandoah
Self - Writer & Speaker
Angela Ferguson
Self
Allan Greer
Self - Prof. of History, McGill University
Michael Galban
Self - Director, Ganondagan State Historic Site
Donald Grinde
Self
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