Keep America Beautiful "Crying Indian" commercial

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The Keep America Beautiful "Crying Indian" commercial is a famous early-1970s anti-pollution public service announcement featuring actor Iron Eyes Cody as a Native American whose tearful reaction to environmental degradation became an iconic image of the U.S. environmental movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-pollution advertisement ⓘ
environmental campaign advertisement ⓘ
public service announcement ⓘ
television commercial ⓘ
aimsTo discourage littering ⓘ
promote environmental responsibility ⓘ
raise awareness of pollution ⓘ
associatedWith Earth Day era environmentalism ⓘ
becameSymbolOf U.S. environmental movement ⓘ
broadcastOn American television networks ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticizedFor deflecting attention from corporate pollution ⓘ
individualizing responsibility for pollution ⓘ
stereotypical portrayal of Native Americans ⓘ
culturalStatus iconic American advertisement ⓘ
depicts industrial pollution ⓘ
litter on roadsides ⓘ
trash thrown from a car ⓘ
featuresActor Iron Eyes Cody ⓘ
featuresCharacter "Crying Indian" ⓘ
firstAiredInDecade 1970s ⓘ
firstAiredInYear 1971 ⓘ
genre public service announcement ⓘ
hasCharacterName Iron Eyes Cody as "Crying Indian" ⓘ
linked to: "Crying Indian"
hasTitle People Start Pollution. People Can Stop It. ⓘ
iconicImage single tear on Native American man's cheek ⓘ
influenced later environmental advertising ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
notableFor use of Native American imagery ⓘ
widespread cultural impact ⓘ
partOf Keep America Beautiful anti-litter campaign ⓘ
portraysEthnicity Native American ⓘ
portraysSetting polluted American landscape ⓘ
roadside near a city ⓘ
producedFor Keep America Beautiful ⓘ
sponsoredBy Keep America Beautiful ⓘ
subject environmental protection ⓘ
littering ⓘ
pollution ⓘ
tagline "People start pollution. People can stop it." ⓘ
targetAudience general American public ⓘ
motorists ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted contemporary early 1970s United States ⓘ
usesTechnique emotional appeal ⓘ
shock at environmental degradation ⓘ

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Iron Eyes Cody → psaTitle → Keep America Beautiful "Crying Indian" commercial ⓘ
Espera Oscar de Corti → notableWork → Keep America Beautiful "Crying Indian" public service announcement ⓘ
linked to: Keep America Beautiful "Crying Indian" commercial
Tony de Corti → notableWork → “Crying Indian” anti-pollution PSA ⓘ
linked to: Keep America Beautiful "Crying Indian" commercial
Oscar DeCorti → notableWork → “Crying Indian” anti-pollution public service announcement ⓘ
linked to: Keep America Beautiful "Crying Indian" commercial