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.
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- Released
- Production
- Seattle Film Co.
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Top Cast
Stanley Hunt as Motana
Sarah Constance Smith Hunt as Naida
Mrs. George Walkus as Naida
Paddy 'Malid as Kenada
Balutsa as Waket
Kwagwanu as Sorcerer
Francine Hunt as Clam Digger
Bob Wilson as Fisherman Who Drops a Paddle on the Rocks
Top Crew

Edward S. Curtis · Director, Story
John J. Braham · Composer
Edmund August Schwinke · Cinematographer
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