| In the Land of the Head Hunters | |
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 Kwagu'ł girl, Margaret Frank (née Wilson) was featured in Curtis's In the Land of the Head Hunters. Here she is shown in a portrait by Curtis wearing abalone shell earrings. Abalone shell earrings were a sign of the noble class. | |
| Directed by | Edward S. Curtis |
| Written by | Edward S. Curtis |
| Starring | Maggie Frank |
| Cinematography | Edmund August Schwinke |
| Distributed by | World Film Company |
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Running time | 65 min |
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| Languages | silent film English intertitles |
In the Land of the Head Hunters (also called In the Land of the War Canoes) is a 1914 silent film fictionalizing the world of the Kwakwaka'wakw 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 native people.[1]
The film was selected in 1999 for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant."[2][3] 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.[1] Most of the film was shot on the Deer Island near Fort Rupert, British Columbia.[4] It was the first feature film made in British Columbia, and is the oldest surviving feature film made in Canada.[5]
- ^ a b "Web site for In the Land of the Head Hunters re-release, a joint project of U'mista and Rutgers University". Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ "Films selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress 1989-2005". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
- ^ Eagan, Daniel. (2010). America's film legacy : the authoritative guide to the landmark movies in the National Film Registry. National Film Preservation Board (U.S.). New York: Continuum. pp. 37–39. ISBN 9781441116475. OCLC 676697377.
- ^ Chau, Elaine (5 December 2014). "In the Land of the Headhunters: B.C.'s first feature film celebrates 100 years". CBC News. Retrieved 7 December 2014.