Red Fever (2024)
1h 44m
Running Time
May 1, 2024Release Date
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
FreeCurrently Red Fever is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Neil Diamond
Self - Narrator / Director / Writer
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
Jennifer Lopez
Self
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
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
indigenous
western culture
boarding school
american football
inuit
native american
navajo
fashion design
iroquois
cultural appropriation
seal hunting
carlisle indian industrial school
inuit shaman
running
kansas city chiefs
mascots
first nation
Wiki.
Red Fever is a 2024 Canadian documentary film, directed by Neil Diamond and Catherine Bainbridge. The film explores mainstream Western culture's fascination with, and tendency to appropriate, indigenous culture without fully understanding it.
The film premiered at the 2024 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It was subsequently also screened at the DOXA Documentary Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Nigel Moore Award for Youth Programming. It entered commercial release in June 2024.
It won the Cinema Indigenized Outstanding Talent award at the 2024 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival.