Debating Avatar | Articles | Canadian Dimension

Debating Avatar | Articles | Canadian Dimension

Debating Avatar

Matt Jones, Sam Gindin, Ed Janzen and Ben Powless

MARCH 1, 2010

Avatar has been criticized for being unsophisticated, simplistic, New Age-y, anarcho-primitivist, a white man’s fantasy of redemption for the crimes of his race. Can this be overlooked considering the movie allows people to understand some of the elements of Indigenous struggles?

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Canadian Dimension VOLUME 44, NUMBER 2: MARCH/APRIL 2010