In the Land of the Head Hunters
Drama
Lenguage:65 min
Duration:en
Release date:Dec 7, 1914
Calificacion:5.8
Description:
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 HuntMotana
Sarah Constance Smith HuntNaida and a Na'nalalal Dancer
Mrs. George WalkusNaida and Sorceress
Paddy 'MalidKenada
BalutsaWaket and Yaklus
KwagwanuSorcerer
Francine HuntClam digger, captive, wedding dancer
Bob WilsonFisherman who drops a paddle on the rocks
Maggie FrankNaida (uncredited)