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Dances of the Kwakiutl

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Dances of the Kwakiutl

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Filmmaker Name: Robert Gardner, William Heick
Film Length: 9 min
Film Year: 1951
Duration: 0-20 min
Decade: 1950s
Color: color
Subject: Indigenous Peoples
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Dances of the Kwakiutl is composed of fragments filmed in 1950 in Fort Rupert, British Columbia. They were made during a performance by those still familiar with the tradition of 'Hamatsa' or cannibal dancing. This type of dance was brought to impressive artistic heights by the Kwakiutl people of the Northwest coast.

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Dances of the Kwakiutl

Photography
William Heick

Sound
Morris Dowd




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