In the Land of the Head Hunters
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In the Land of the Head Hunters | |
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Directed by | Edward S. Curtis |
Written by | Edward S. Curtis |
Starring | Maggie Frank |
Cinematography | Edmund August Schwinke |
Release date(s) | 7 December 1914 |
Running time | 47 min |
Country | United States |
Language | silent film English intertitles |
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In the Land of the Head Hunters (also called In the Land of the War Canoes) is a 1914 silent documentary film showing the lives of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of British Columbia.
It was written and directed by Edward S. Curtis. In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.