In the Land of the Head Hunters

In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)

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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  • Release Date: 1914-12-07
  • Runtime: 1h 5min
  • Director: Edward S. Curtis

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Cast

  • Stanley Hunt

    Motana

  • Sarah Constance Smith Hunt

    Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer

  • Mrs. George Walkus

    Naida and Sorceress

  • Paddy 'Malid

    Kenada

  • Balutsa

    Waket and Yaklus

  • Kwagwanu

    Sorcerer

  • Francine Hunt

    Clam Digger, Captive, Wedding Dancer

  • Bob Wilson

    Fisherman who Drops a Paddle on the Rocks

  • Maggie Frank

    Naida (uncredited)

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