Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance
Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the Potlatch. Archival photographs and films, wax roll sound recordings, police reports, the original potlatch files, and correspondence of agents form the basis of the reconstruction of period events, while the film centres on a Potlatch given today by the Cranmer family of Alert Bay.
Year: 1975
Genre: Documentary
Studio: U'mista Cultural Society
Director: Dennis Wheeler
Cast: Gloria Cranmer Webster
Crew: Sally Paterson (Editor), Dennis Wheeler (Director), Enda Bratt (Wardrobe Coordinator), Tom Shandel (Producer), Tony Westman (Cinematography), Richard Patton (Second Unit Director of Photography)
Runtime: 54 minutes
Release: Jan 01, 1975
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Popularity: 0
Country: Canada
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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