Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance (1975)
Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance (1975)
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.

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Gloria Cranmer Webster Gloria Cranmer Webster As: Narrator
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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.


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Certification: G

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Genres: Documentary

Language: English

Release Date: 01 January 1975

Country: CA

Runtime: 54m

Company Credits

Company: U'mista Cultural Society

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Production Crew

Tom Shandel

Tom Shandel

Producer

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Costume and Makeup

Enda Bratt

Enda Bratt

Wardrobe Coordinator

Sound

Zale Dalen

Zale Dalen

Sound Recordist

Richard Patton

Richard Patton

Sound Recordist

Joe Mock

Joe Mock

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

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Camera

Richard Patton

Richard Patton

Second Unit Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

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Other Crew

Tony Westman

Tony Westman

Cinematography

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