In the Land of the Head Hunters
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- Drama
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 7, 1914
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Seattle Film Co.
- Cast
- Balutsa,Alfred Charlie,Stanley Hunt,Francine Hunt,Bob Wilson,Maggie Frank,Paddy 'Malid,Kwagwanu,Sarah Constance Smith Hunt,Mrs. George Walkusand 1 more
- Director
- Edward S. Curtis
- Writer
- Edward S. Curtis
- Cinematography
- Edmund August Schwinke
- Music
- John J. Braham
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0004150