Outside In Inside Out By: Trinh Minh-Ha By: Stephanie Welcher and Edited By: Laura Pratt and Dr. Kay Picart

Trinh T. Minh-Ha  Where was she  Professions Include: ______________________ _____  Awards and Grants Include: American Film Institute, California Arts Council, and Guggenheim foundation  Is currently a professor of ______________________ ______________________  Some of her areas of interest include:  _________________

Key Concepts  Native’s Point of View: _____________  Inappropriate Other: _____________________________________  If you say to an Atheist: How faithful to the words of God are yours? ___________________________________

Outside In Inside Out  “An objective constantly claimed by those who seek to reveal one society to another is to grasp the native’s point of view and to realize His vision of His world” (65)  To be able to see things from the native’s view  Shows an __________________  This point of view also lays at the heart of the discussion on reality and its relationship to beauty and truth

Outside In Inside Out  Zora Neale Hurston wrote :  “ How amazed she was by the Anglo-Saxon’s lack of curiosity about the internal lives and emotions of blacks, and more generally speaking, of any non- Anglo-Saxon peoples” (Minh-Ha 66).

Discussion Question Do you agree or disagree with this quote by Zora Neale Hurston? Why or why not? Do you agree or disagree with this quote by Zora Neale Hurston? Why or why not?

Outside In Inside Out  In order to make a good film:  It is extremely important to show _________________________________________  For example:  _______________  What does cultural film making imply?  _______________

Discussion Question Minh-ha says: “an insider can speak with authority about his/her own culture and s/he is referred to as a source of authority in the matter, not as a filmmaker necessarily, but as an insider” Minh-ha says: “an insider can speak with authority about his/her own culture and s/he is referred to as a source of authority in the matter, not as a filmmaker necessarily, but as an insider” What do you think about this? What does she mean by this? What do you think about this? What does she mean by this?

Outside In Inside Out  “Where is the dividing line between the outsider and the insider stop and How should it be defined?” (73)  By:  _______  The minute the Insider steps out she can no longer be considered a mere insider

Discussion Question What do you think the dividing line between the insider and the outsider is? How do you think this relates to dance? Do we only dance within our own cultures? What do you think the dividing line between the insider and the outsider is? How do you think this relates to dance? Do we only dance within our own cultures?

Work Cited  Minh-ha, Trinh. When the Moon Waxes Red. New York: Routledge,  Women Make Movies, Inc. Trinh T Minh-Ha. 28 March  University of California Berkeley Women’s Studies. Trinh Minh-Ha Professor. 28 March  Fox. Fox Searchlight Pictures Gurinder Chadha March