In the Land of the Head Hunters

In the Land of the Head Hunters is a 1914 silent film fictionalizing the world of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) peoples of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, written and directed by Edward S. Curtis and acted entirely by Kwakwaka'wakw natives.

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In the Land of the Head Hunters is a 1914 silent film fictionalizing the world of the Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) peoples of the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada, written and directed by Edward S. Curtis and acted entirely by Kwakwaka'wakw natives. It was the first feature-length film whose cast was composed entirely of Native North Americans; the second, eight years later, was Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North.

Cast

Stanley Hunt
Stanley Hunt
Motana
Sarah Constance Smith Hunt
Sarah Constance Smith Hunt
Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer
Mrs. George Walkus
Mrs. George Walkus
Naida and Sorceress
Paddy 'Malid
Paddy 'Malid
Kenada
Balutsa
Balutsa
Waket and Yaklus
Kwagwanu
Kwagwanu
Sorcerer
Francine Hunt
Francine Hunt
Clam Digger, Captive, Wedding Dancer
Bob Wilson
Bob Wilson
Fisherman who Drops a Paddle on the Rocks
Maggie Frank
Maggie Frank
Naida (uncredited)

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IN THE LAND OF THE HEAD HUNTERS by Edward S. Curtis (1914) TRAILER

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