Event overview
Goldsmiths Anthropology Society: Savage Mondays
'Waila' is a portrait of a bandleader - Gertrude Lopez - from the Tohono O'dham reservation in Southern Arizona. Waila is the Indian version of a musical form/style known elsewhere (and in Arizona as well) as Tex-Mex and chickenscratch - but without the singing.
Although Gertie is, through her music, an active promoter of the Tohono O'dham people, not everyone is happy about having a woman take such a prominent role. A secondary theme of the movie concerns tension within the Tohono O'dham prompted by the militarization of the US/Mexico border as well as a pan-Indian stereotyping of 'modern American Indian' that challenges some customary aspects of Tohono O'dham life.
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Jan 2009 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm |
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