In the Land of the Head Hunters (movie)

In the Land of the Head Hunters (movie)

  • User score: 5.8
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Edward S. Curtis
  • Production companies: Seattle Film Co.
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release date: 12/7/1914
  • Run time: 65 min.

Movie description

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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Stanley Hunt

Stanley Hunt

Role(s): Motana

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Sarah Constance Smith Hunt

Sarah Constance Smith Hunt

Role(s): Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer

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Mrs. George Walkus

Mrs. George Walkus

Role(s): Naida and Sorceress

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Paddy 'Malid

Paddy 'Malid

Role(s): Kenada

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Balutsa

Balutsa

Role(s): Waket and Yaklus

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