In the Land of the Head Hunters
In the Land of the Head Hunters

In the Land of the Head Hunters

December 07, 1914 | 65 min

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.

Genres

Drama

Cast

Naomi Scott

Stanley Hunt

Naomi Scott

Sarah Constance Smith Hunt

Naomi Scott

Mrs. George Walkus

Naomi Scott

Paddy 'Malid

Naomi Scott

Balutsa

Naomi Scott

Kwagwanu

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