FESTIVAL ’90 : Screenings Present Pacific Rim Cultures

Somewhere Between

Canada Today, 2 p.m., AFI, 2021 N. Western Ave., Hollywood; Sept. 8, noon, Huntington Park Library, 6518 Miles Ave., Huntington Park; Sept. 16, 2 p.m., Gene Autry Museum, 4700 Zoo Drive, Griffith Park

Joy Hall’s 1982 documentary, screening as part of the “Native Images” series, tells of the plight of Canadian Indian women who automatically lose their status when they marry non-Indians. Their treatment is so severe that they cannot even stay overnight on a reservation, yet when Indian men marry non-Indians those women receive full Indian status. “Somewhere Between” is unremarkable in style, but it is illuminating, showing how Canada has long pitted the sexes against each other as a way of undermining Indian identity.