Once again a potentially excellent documentary is significantly ruined the moment it turns out to be a “personal journey.” My experience teaching about the use of Native Americans as sports mascots suggests to me that a lot of folks out there don’t devote a lot of thought to the dysfunctional relationship between popular culture and American Indians. Certainly Hollywood’s treatment of native peoples as evil subhumans is ripe for critical exploration. Sadly, filmmaker Neil Diamond mixes examples of the film industry’s misconduct with dull footage of his cross-country trip in a beat-up car. Mildly amusing
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