ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on film and video, the umbrella of indigenous media includes a much larger range of media forms, encompassing print, photography, art, electronic, radio, and other cultural channels of audio, visual, and written expression. The phenomenon of indigenous media has developed within the context of the globalization process as indigenous cultural groups have been introduced to the technical tools of modern communication and media technology. The Internet and social media have created digital outlets for indigenous media expression. The result is an increasing visibility of indigenous media, allowing indigenous self-representation to become a powerful means of social activism and self-determination globally. The film's style is a hybrid documentary style including reenacted dramatic scenes of the historical event. Indigenous or Aboriginal media are increasingly providing local and diasporic cultural groups and individuals with opportunities to open windows into economic sovereignty within a global economy and political sovereignty with regard to the surrounding nation-state.
