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| Genre/Form: | Silent films. |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Edward S Curtis; George Irving Quimby; Bill Holm; Field Museum of Natural History.; University of Washington.; University of Washington Press.; Milestone Film & Video.; Image Entertainment (Firm) |
| OCLC Number: | 45341687 |
| Language Note: | Intertitles in English with original Kwakiutl music (recorded in 1972). |
| Notes: | "This edition made from original film footage owned by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois." Originally filmed in 1914, reissue of the version restored and rescored in 1972, and released as motion picture by University of Washington Press in 1973. Special features: The making-of documentary, "The Image maker and the Indians." |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (43 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD; Region 0; NTSC; 1.33 aspect ratio; Dolby digital mono. |
| Series Title: | Milestone collection. |
| Other Titles: | Image maker and the Indians., Drama of Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest Coast, Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest Coast, In the land of the headhunters, Legendary photographer Edward S. Curtis' In the land of the war canoes, Drama of Kwakiutl life in the Northwest |
| Responsibility: | story written and picture made in 1914 by Edward S. Curtis ; restored and edited by Professor George Irving Quimby, Professor Bill Holm, Burke Museum, University of Washington. |
Abstract:
Presents a reenactment of a tribal story of love and revenge among the Kwakiutl Indians on the northwest coast of America as filmed in the summer of 1914 at Kwakiutl villages on Vancouver Island, Canada, by Edward S. Curtis who spent three years with the Kwakiutl to meticulously recreate their way of life before the white man came. In addition to magnificent painted war canoes, the film features native costumes, dancing and rituals -- including a powerful scene of vision quest. Edited and restored with the addition of an authentic sound track of music and chants recorded by the Kwakiutls in 1972.
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- In the land of the war canoes (Motion picture)
- Kwakiutl Indians -- Social life and customs.
- Kwakiutl Indians -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
- Revenge -- Drama.
- Indians of North America -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island.
- Ethnology -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island.
- Visual anthropology -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island.