Edward S. Curtis
Director
1h 5m
In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
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.57%
Cast
Stanley Hunt
Motana
Sarah Constance Smith Hunt
Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer
Mrs. George Walkus
Naida and Sorceress
Paddy 'Malid
Kenada
Balutsa
Waket and Yaklus
Kwagwanu
Sorcerer
Francine Hunt
Clam digger, captive, wedding dancer
Bob Wilson
Fisherman who drops a paddle on the rocks
Maggie Frank
Naida (uncredited)
Stanley Hunt
Motana
Sarah Constance Smith Hunt
Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer
Mrs. George Walkus
Naida and Sorceress
Paddy 'Malid
Kenada
Balutsa
Waket and Yaklus
Kwagwanu
Sorcerer
Francine Hunt
Clam digger, captive, wedding dancer
Bob Wilson
Fisherman who drops a paddle on the rocks
Maggie Frank
Naida (uncredited)
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Release Date
December 7, 1914Original Language
No LanguageBudget
$0.00Production Company
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