Miss Navajo /

Reveals the inner beauty of the young women who compete in the Miss Navajo Nation beauty pageant. Not only must contestants exhibit poise and grace as those in typical pageants, they must also answer tough questions in Navajo and demonstrate proficiency in skills essential to daily tribal life: fry-...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Independent Television Service, World of Wonder (Firm), Cinema Guild
Other Authors: Frazier, Crystal (online participant.), Steinberg, David Benjamin (composer (expression))
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Cinema Guild, [2007]
Series:Academic Video Online
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:Reveals the inner beauty of the young women who compete in the Miss Navajo Nation beauty pageant. Not only must contestants exhibit poise and grace as those in typical pageants, they must also answer tough questions in Navajo and demonstrate proficiency in skills essential to daily tribal life: fry-bread making, rug weaving and sheep butchering. The film follows the path of 21-year old Crystal Frazier, a not-so-fluent Navajo speaker and self-professed introvert, as she undertakes the challenges of the pageant.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (53 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Playing Time:00:53:32
Awards:Won 2007 ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival Honorable Mention, Best Documentary
Production Credits:Director of photography, Gavin Winn ; editor, Mike Rysavy ; music composed by David Benjamin Steinberg.