Title from container. Originally filmed in 1914, "restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive in cooperation with the Field Museum of Natural History". In the land of the head hunters is a silent film with English intertitles and is accompanied by a musical score. In the land of the war canoes includes sound. Disc 1 special features: commentary soundtrack featuring Bill Holm, Andy Everson, Aaron Glass; The Head Hunters Reconstruction Project, Edmund August Schwinke stills gallery, Turning Point Ensemble and the score, and a trailer for "In the land of the head hunters". Disc 2 special features: The Indian the image maker, a cultural presentation by the Gwa'wina dancers, and cylinder recordings (audio only) by Edward S. Curtis.
Contents:
Disc 2: In the land of the war canoes : Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest coast (1973) / a Milestone film 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 (approximately 44 min.). Disc 2: In the land of the war canoes : Kwakiutl Indian life on the Northwest coast (1973) / a Milestone film 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 (approximately 44 min.).
Summary:
In the land of the head hunters: In 1911, as part of his massive undertaking, famed Northwest photographer Edward S. Curtis travelled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to visit the Kwakwaka'wakw. By the next year, needing money for his project and to add to his research and still photography work, Curtis decided that the best way to record the traditional way of life and ceremonies of the Kwakwaka'wakw was to make one of the first feature motion pictures--a story of love triangle and revenge among the Kwakwaka'wakw of British Columbia. In the land of the war canoe: a remake of In the land of the head hunters which uses the original footage but is abridged, and includes a restructured story and a soundtrack.
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