In the Land of the Head Hunters

In the Land of the Head Hunters

1914/12/07 • Released • No Language

Drama
5.8
1h 5m

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.

Director : Edward S. Curtis

Casts

Stanley Hunt

Motana

Sarah Constance Smith Hunt

Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer

Mrs. George Walkus

Naida and Sorceress

Paddy 'Malid

Kenada

Balutsa

Waket and Yaklus

Kwagwanu

Sorcerer

Francine Hunt

Clam digger, captive, wedding dancer

Bob Wilson

Fisherman who drops a paddle on the rocks

Maggie Frank

Naida (uncredited)

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