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Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance
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.
Genre: Documentary
Release: Jan 01, 1975
Crew: Dennis Wheeler (Director), Tom Shandel (Producer), Sally Paterson (Editor), Tony Westman (Cinematography), Zale Dalen (Sound Recordist), Richard Patton (Sound Recordist)
Cast: Gloria Cranmer Webster
Language: English
Studio: U'mista Cultural Society
Keyword: colonialism, canadian history, indigenous peoples, indigenous rights, indigenous sovereignty
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