In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
1914 · Silent film · 17 min · dir. Edward S. Curtis
- Drama
Synopsis
In 1911, as part of his massive undertaking, famed Northwest photographer Edward S. Curtis travelled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to visit the Kwakwaka'wakw. By the next year, needing money for his project and to add to his research and still photography work, Curtis decided that the best way to record the traditional way of life and ceremonies of the Kwakwaka'wakw was to make one of the first feature motion pictures. Curtis had already shot footage in 1906 of the Hopi Snake dance,…
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Details
- Director
- Edward S. Curtis
- Writer
- Edward S. Curtis
- Composer
- John J. Braham
- Cinematography
- Edmund August Schwinke
- Studio
- Seattle Film Co.
- Released
- 1914-12-07
- Running time
- 17 minutes
Cast & crew
Edward S. Curtis Director- Stanley Hunt
- Sarah Constance Smith Hunt
- Mrs. George Walkus
- Paddy 'Malid
- Balutsa
- Kwagwanu
- Francine Hunt
Bob Wilson
