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On this episode of Represent, Slate culture writer Aisha Harris digs into Moana, Disney’s new musical film inspired by Polynesian mythology, with New York Times and Jazz Times music writer Nate Chinen. Then we talk to Disney’s first black animator, Floyd Norman, about working for the studio in the ’40s and ’50s and the documentary that tells his story.
Check out:
- Disney’s Moana soundtrack
- Nate Chinen’s Moana article: “Consider the Coconut”
- The last time Nate wrote about Hawaiian representation on screen
- Aisha’s “Moana Makes It Official: Disney Has Entered a Progressive, Inclusive Third Golden Age”
- Los Angeles Times: “Our national parks can also be reminders of America’s history of race and civil rights”
Dakota Access Pipeline:
- Native America Calling conversation from May 10 (starts at 6:00)
- Another Round’s Heben talks with Dr. Adrienne Keene about Standing Rock
- Newsweek: “Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Standing Rock Sioux”
- Slate: “Police Clashed With Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Sunday Night”
- Donate: Sacred Stone Legal Defense Fund
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