Movie·1975·0h 54m

Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

Directed By

Dennis Wheeler

Country

Canada

Language

English

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The Story

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.

Producer

Tom Shandel

Music

Joe Mock

Editor

Sally Paterson

Themes

colonialismcanadian historyindigenous peoplesindigenous rightsindigenous sovereignty

Production House

U'mista Cultural Society

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Cast

Gloria Cranmer Webster

Narrator

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Crew

Tom Shandel

Producer

Dennis Wheeler

Director

Sally Paterson

Editor

Joe Mock

Original Music Composer

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