Person
Dana Claxton
Directing · Born 1959-01-01 · Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Biography
Dana Claxton (born 1959) is a Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist. Her work looks at stereotypes, historical context, and gender studies of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, specifically those of the First Nations. In 2007, she was awarded an Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art.
Known for
Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New World
Self
Yuxweluptun: Man of Masks
Director
I Am Ishi: The Performance Art Film
Director
Her Sugar Is?
Director
Tree of Consumption
Director
I Want to Know Why
Director
Buffalo Bone China
Director
The Red Paper
Director
Redwire Magazine and Native Hip Hop in Vancouver
Producer
Filmography
- 2023I Am Ishi: The Performance Art FilmDirector
- 2009Her Sugar Is?Director
- 1999Redwire Magazine and Native Hip Hop in VancouverProducer
- 1998Yuxweluptun: Man of MasksDirector
- 1997Buffalo Bone ChinaDirector
- 1996Blending Milk and Water: Sex In the New WorldSelf
- 1996The Red PaperDirector
- 1994I Want to Know WhyDirector
- 1993Tree of ConsumptionDirector
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