DEFA Indianerfilm

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DEFA Indianerfilme ("DEFA Indian films") was a series of adventure and western films ("Red Westerns") produced by the GDR DEFA film studio. The name comes from the obsolete term "Indians" for Indigenous peoples of the Americas.Gerd Gemünden, Between Karl May and Karl Marx: The DEFA Indianerfilme (1965-1983), 2001, {{jstor|3137409}}[https://www.filmportal.de/en/topic/the-defas-eastern-westerns-indianerfilme The DEFA's "Eastern Westerns" (Indianerfilme)]Philip Decker, [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/2040350X.2020.1805548 The 'other America' and its performers: pathways to socialism in the DEFA Indianerfilme]Jennifer Michaels, [https://framescinemajournal.com/article/appropriating-the-other-for-the-cold-war-struggle-defas-depiction-of-native-americans-in-its-indianerfilme/ Appropriating the "Other" for the Cold War Struggle: DEFA's Depiction of Native Americans in its Indianerfilme][https://artsandculture.google.com/story/-AXxVBhH2vfFIA DEFA-Indianerfilme. Die Ausstellung zeigt Original-Fotografien der Produktionen aus den Fotoalben der DEFA]

Between 1962 and 1983 DEFA produced 14 films of this type, about the resistance of Native Americans against white invaders.Evan Torner [https://framescinemajournal.com/article/the-defa-indianerfilm-as-artifact-of-resistance/ The DEFA Indianerfilm as Artifact of Resistance] A memorable actor in the series was Yugoslavian (Serbian) actor Gojko Mitic portraying fictional Native Americans ("Indians"), "Winnetou of the East", who played in 12 of these films.

The films are searchable in the PROGRESS film database.[https://www.pro.progress.film PROGRESS]