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Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting examines the movement to eliminate the use of Native American slurs, names, logos, images and gestures that many Native Americans and their allies find demeaning and offensive. The film investigates the impact that caricatures like Chief Wahoo -- the cartoonish logo of the Cleveland Indians -- gestures like the Atlanta Braves' "tomahawk chop" and epithets like the Washington "Redskins" have on the Native community, the sports community and society in general.

Aviva Kempner is a Washington, D.C. based filmmaker who creates successful and critically acclaimed documentaries about under-known Jewish heroes and social justice. Her films include Rosenwald, Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg; and the Emmy-nominated and Peabody-awarded The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg.

Ben West is a freelance writer, producer, director, and consultant with the Ciesla Foundation. He spent many years in television production at Carsey-Werner Mandabach LLC and has worked on feature films for companies like Telenova Productions, and outlets such as the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. West is Southern Cheyenne and an advocate for Native American rights. West was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and is a graduate of the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California.