In the Land of the Head Hunters

In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)

5.8 65 min Movie
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

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

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