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In the land of the war canoes : Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest Coast / a Milestone Films Release ; story written and picture made in 1914 by Edward S. Curtis ; edited by Professor George Irving Quimby, Professor Bill Holm, Burke Museum, University of Washington.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- North American Indian (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- In the land of the war canoes.
- Kwakiutl Indians--Social life and customs.
- Kwakiutl Indians.
- Indians of North America--British Columbia--Vancouver Island.
- Indians of North America.
- Ethnology--British Columbia--Vancouver Island.
- Ethnology.
- Visual anthropology--British Columbia--Vancouver Island.
- Visual anthropology.
- British Columbia--Vancouver Island.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (43 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Drama of Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest Coast
- Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest Coast
- Original title: In the land of the headhunters
- Title on container: Legendary photographer Edward S. Curtis' In the land of the war canoes.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Milestone Film & Video ; Chatsworth, CA Image Entertainment, 2000.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- 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.
- Credits:
- Consulting editor and sound recordist, David Gerth; titles, Steve Harf, Sandy Gerth.
- Notes:
- "This edition made from original film footage owned by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois."
- Special feature: The making-of documentary, "The Image maker and the Indians."
- Videodisc release of the documentary motion picture originally filmed in 1914, and reissued [in a restored version, with a soundtrack added, including Kwakiutl music] by University of Washington Press in 1973.
- Contains:
- Image maker and the Indians.
- OCLC:
- 45341687
- Publisher Number:
- 014381936124
- ID9361MLSDVD Image Entertainment
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