In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
Run Time: 1h5m | Release: 07 Dec 1914
Genres: Drama |
Production Countries: United States of America
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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 Of - In the Land of the Head Hunters
Crew Members
Motana
Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer
Naida and Sorceress
Kenada
Waket and Yaklus
Sorcerer
Clam digger, captive, wedding dancer
Fisherman who drops a paddle on the rocks
Naida (uncredited)