In the Land of the Head Hunters
IMDB:
5.8
Released
12/7/1914
Duration
1h 5m
Genre
Drama
Country
United States of America
Cast
Stanley Hunt, Sarah Constance Smith Hunt, Mrs. George Walkus
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.
In the Land of the Head Hunters
IMDB:
5.8Released
12/7/1914
Genre
Drama
Cast
Stanley Hunt, Sarah Constance Smith Hunt, Mrs. George Walkus
Duration
1h 5m
Country
United States of America
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.
Cast
Motana
Stanley Hunt
Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer
Sarah Constance Smith Hunt
Naida and Sorceress
Mrs. George Walkus
Kenada
Paddy 'Malid
Waket and Yaklus
Balutsa
Sorcerer
Kwagwanu
Clam Digger, Captive, Wedding Dancer
Francine Hunt
Fisherman who Drops a Paddle on the Rocks
Bob Wilson
Naida (uncredited)
