In the Land of the Head Hunters

In the Land of the Head Hunters

5.75
1914-12-07 | 65 min
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.

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Cast

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Stanley Hunt

Motana

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Sarah Constance Smith Hunt

Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer

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Mrs. George Walkus

Naida and Sorceress

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Paddy 'Malid

Kenada

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Balutsa

Waket and Yaklus

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Kwagwanu

Sorcerer

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Francine Hunt

Clam digger, captive, wedding dancer

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Bob Wilson

Fisherman who drops a paddle on the rocks

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Maggie Frank

Naida (uncredited)

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