About the film

1914665 min
Drama
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
Actors
Stanley HuntMotanaSarah Constance Smith HuntNaida / A Na'nalalal DancerMrs. George WalkusNaida / SorceressPaddy 'MalidKenadaBalutsaWaket / YaklusKwagwanuSorcererFrancine HuntClam Digger / Captive / Wedding DancerBob WilsonFisherman Who Drops a Paddle on the RocksAwidi(extra)Alfred Charlie(extra)Maggie FrankNaida (uncredited)
Released
Dec 07, 1914
Countries
United States of America, Canada
Production
Seattle Film Co.
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