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Are films dangerous? A Maori woman's perspective on 'The Piano.' (Special Aotearoa/New Zealand Issue)
In 1987 Maori writer Patricia Grace wrote "Books are dangerous." Books, she argued, contribute to the setting and affirmation of social, ethical values and identity. They contribute to what is seen as important about groups of people through explaining the world and defining relationships. Finally, books, "enrich and embellish our lives, firing our thoughts and imaginations and our dreams."(1)
Clearly books can provide positive, self-affirming messages about ourselves and our world, and similar statements may be made in relation to film. Such is the power of the literary and visual fields. So, how then, in light of such attributes, are books - and films - dangerous?
If [films] do not do these things, do not reinforce values, actions, customs, culture and identity, then they are dangerous . . . If there are no [films] that tell us about ourselves but only tell us about others, then they are saying "you do not exist" and that is dangerous . . . However, if there are [films] that are about you and they are untrue, that is very dangerous . . . If there are [films] about you but they are negative and insensitive so that they are saying "you are not good," that is dangerous.(2)
Patricia Grace's discussion provides a framework for engaging in an analysis of the ways in which film making contributes to both the construction and marginalisation of images of Maori people. In line with this framework, are films dangerous for Maori people? At this historical point in time I would contend that many films/videos made in Aotearoa are dangerous for our people. Those films that are constructed and controlled by the colonial gaze are …
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