Movie Description

In the Land of the Head Hunters

(1914)

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.

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Facts

Original TitleIn the Land of the Head Hunters

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1914-12-07

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 05m

Production CompaniesSeattle Film Co.

Genres

  • Drama