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In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)

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In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)

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.

Edward S. Curtis 65 min United States of America
DirectorEdward S. Curtis
CastBalutsa, Kwagwanu, Mrs. George Walkus, Paddy 'Malid, Sarah Constance Smith Hunt, Stanley Hunt
Duration65 min