In the Land of the Head Hunters
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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.
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Title:
In the Land of the Head Hunters
Latest releases:
Dec. 7, 1914
Country of origin:
United States of America
Duration
65mn
Genres
Drama
Actors
Stanley Hunt,
Sarah Constance Smith Hunt,
Mrs. George Walkus,
Paddy 'Malid
Source:
Public Domain via Wikipedia
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