Borderlands: Gerald Clarke, Cahuilla Artist Crossing the Line (2005)
DVD | Color 47 min | Full Screen. Directed by Sean Owen
ISBN 978-0-8026-0694-5
Price:$26.95*Home Video includes Public Library Circulation rights.
ISBN 978-0-8026-0695-2
Price:$249.95**Academic and Institutional price including Public Performance rights for non-paying audiences.
Consumers Reviews
SummaryGerald Clarke’s return to the Cahuilla reservation opens this film about his life, art and people. After his father’s death, he gave up a tenured position at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma and moved with his family to the Cahuilla reservation near Anza, California. He now lives in the house he inherited from his father.
This documentary, which emphasizes contemporary perspectives, contains interviews with Gerald, other Cahuilla tribal members--including elders--and centers on the themes of mixed blood, adaptation to reservation life, and cultural identity.
Gerald’s performance art, satirizing television shows (e.g. Antiques Road Show and Extreme Makeover) highlight the dilemmas and incongruities of Native American life today.
