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Columbus Didn't Discover Us
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Directed by	Robbie Leppzer
Edited by	Felix Atencio-Gonzales Robbie Leppzer
Production company	Turning Tide Productions
Release date	1992 (1992)
Running time	24 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English Spanish

Columbus Didn't Discover Us is a 1992 American short documentary film directed and co-edited by Robbie Leppzer. It was filmed at the First Continental Conference on 500 Years of Indian Resistance in Quito, Ecuador, in 1990.

Columbus Didn't Discover Us screened on May 16, 1992, in Deerfield, Massachusetts, as part of an exhibition titled 1492–1992: Many Voices Many Views. The exhibition coincided with the Columbus Quincentenary, the 500th anniversary of the first of the voyages of Christopher Columbus.

Home media

Columbus Didn't Discover Us had its first home media release on VHS. In 2020, the film was remastered in HD and released online with a newly added 6-minute opening montage of protesters taking down statues of Christopher Columbus.

References

1. ^ Davis, Richie (May 4, 1992). "The Columbus legacy: Showcase for teachers aims to balance view". The Recorder. Greenfield, Massachusetts. p. 1. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Orme, Terry (October 4, 1992). "Filmmakers take dim view of Columbus' 'discovery'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. E3. Retrieved February 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Stam, Robert; Shohat, Ella (2006). Flagging Patriotism: Crises of Narcissism and Anti-Americanism. Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-415-97922-1.
4. Columbus Didn't Discover Us: Native People's Perspectives on the Columbus Legacy (VHS), ISBN 1-881626-11-3
5. "COLUMBUS DIDN'T DISCOVER US". Turning Tide Films. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

Further reading

• "Native American Heritage Films". IUB Libraries Blogs. Indiana University Bloomington. November 6, 2017. Archived from the original on February 8, 2024. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
• Shohat, Ella; Stam, Robert (2014). Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media (Second ed.). Routledge. pp. 71, 76, 86. ISBN 978-0-415-53861-9.

External links

• Official website
• Columbus Didn't Discover Us at IMDb

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