In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914)

overview : 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.

Release Date : Dec 07, 1914

Runtime : 1h 5m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Seattle Film Co.

Countries : United States of America

Keywords : silent film, british columbia, native canadian