Navajo Film Themselves


Navajos Film Themselves is a series of seven short documentary films which show scenes of life on the Navajo Nation. It was added to the United States National Film Registry in 2002.
The films are:Intrepid Shadows directed by Al ClahThe Navajo Silversmith directed by John NelsonA Navajo Weaver directed by Susie BenallyOld Antelope Lake directed by Mike AndersonSecond Weaver directed by either Susie Benally or Alta KahnThe Shallow Well Project directed by John NelsonThe Spirit of the Navajos directed by Maxine and Mary J. Tsosie
The series is also known as Through Navajo Eyes, due to a confusion with the book that follows.
Original elements for these films are stored at the Library of Congress, Culpeper, Virginia.