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In the Land of the Head Hunters

In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)

1h 5m | PG-13

⭐ 5.762 / 10

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.

Director: Edward S. Curtis

Studio: Seattle Film Co.

Genre: Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Stanley Hunt

Stanley Hunt

as Motana

Sarah Constance Smith Hunt

Sarah Constance Smith Hunt

as Naida and a Na'nalalal Dancer

Mrs. George Walkus

Mrs. George Walkus

as Naida and Sorceress

Paddy 'Malid

Paddy 'Malid

as Kenada

Balutsa

Balutsa

as Waket and Yaklus

Kwagwanu

Kwagwanu

as Sorcerer