In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)
12/07/1914 (US) • 1h 5m
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.
Top Billed Cast
Motana
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Kenada
Waket and Yaklus
Sorcerer
Clam digger, captive, wedding dancer
Fisherman who drops a paddle on the rocks
Naida (uncredited)
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