The Cross and the Harvest Dance: Lynn Riggs' and James Hughes' A Day in Santa Fe

On January 6, 1932, in a room at La Fonda Hotel on the plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cherokee dramatist and poet Lynn Riggs, with co-writer, co-director, and cameraman James Hughes, hosted the premiere of their silent, black and white "city film" A Day in Santa Fe (1931). Riggs had left t...

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Published inQuarterly review of film and video Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 384 - 398
Main Author Cox, James H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Routledge 01.01.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Dramatists
Motion pictures
Poets
Riggs, Lynn
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Summary:On January 6, 1932, in a room at La Fonda Hotel on the plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Cherokee dramatist and poet Lynn Riggs, with co-writer, co-director, and cameraman James Hughes, hosted the premiere of their silent, black and white "city film" A Day in Santa Fe (1931). Riggs had left the University of Oklahoma for Santa Fe in the fall of 1923. The town was in the middle of a growth spurt that saw its population double from about 5,000 in 1910 to just more than 11,000 in 1930.
ISSN:1050-9208
1543-5326
DOI:10.1080/10509208.2014.968513