199989
199989

In the Land of the Head Hunters

1914-12-07
5.75
en 65m
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

silent film british columbia native canadian

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Seattle Film Co.

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