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In the land of the war canoes, a drama of Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest Coast, directed in 1914 by Edward S. Curtis ; edited by Professor George Irving Quimby, Professor Bill Holm, Burke Museum, University of Washington

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In the land of the war canoes

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directed in 1914 by Edward S. Curtis ; edited by Professor George Irving Quimby, Professor Bill Holm, Burke Museum, University of Washington

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a drama of Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest Coast

Presents an epic saga of Kwakiutl Indian life 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

Includes : The making of documentary : "The image maker and the Indians"

live action

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