Little Big Man in 35mm

Added to the National Film Registry in 2014.

This epic revisionist Western plays out in flashback as recalled by Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman in extreme old age makeup by Dick Smith), a 121-year-old white man who was raised by the Cheyenne nation in the 1800s. Receiving critical praise as a thinly veiled protest against America’s late-1960s involvement in Vietnam, Little Big Man is also one of the earliest Hollywood films to sympathetically consider Indigenous populations and begin to rewrite their representation on screen. The standout is Coast Salish actor Chief Dan George’s portrayal of Old Lodge Skins, for which he received a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 43rd Oscars, making him the first Indigenous person nominated in the category.