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In the Land of the Head Hunters
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.
Top Cast
Stanley Hunt
Motana
Sarah Constance Smith Hunt
Naida / A Na'nalalal Dancer
Mrs. George Walkus
Naida / Sorceress
Paddy 'Malid
Kenada
Balutsa
Waket / Yaklus
Kwagwanu
Sorcerer
Francine Hunt
Clam Digger / Captive / Wedding Dancer
Bob Wilson
Fisherman Who Drops a Paddle on the Rocks
Awidi
(extra)
Alfred Charlie
(extra)
