DVD
In the land of the war canoes : a drama of Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest Coast
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Languages
Intertitles in English with original Kwakiutl music (recorded in 1972).
Performers
"With a cast of native Kwakiutl Indians"--Container.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Milestone Film & Video : Image Entertainment, 2000.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (43 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
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.
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."