In the Land of the Head Hunters

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In the Land of the Head Hunters
Kwagu'ł girl, Margaret Frank (nee Wilson) was featured in Curtis' In the Land of the Head Hunters. Here she is shown in a portrait by Curtis wearing abalone shell earrings. Abalone shell earrings were a sign of nobility and only worn by members of this class
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, Canada
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 the Queen Charlotte Strait region of the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada.

It was written and directed by Edward S. Curtis. In 1999, In the Land of the Head Hunters was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

[edit] External links

• In the Land of the Head Hunters at the Internet Movie Database
• For extensive historical context on In the Land of the Head Hunters re-release, a joint project of U'mista and Rutgers University