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

Stars: Gloria Cranmer Webster

Crew: Tom Shandel (Producer), Dennis Wheeler (Director), Sally Paterson (Editor), Richard Patton (Second Unit Director of Photography), Zale Dalen (Sound Recordist), Enda Bratt (Wardrobe Coordinator)

Country: Canada

Language: English

Studio: U'mista Cultural Society

Runtime: 54 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Jan 01, 1975

IMDb: 10

Keywords:colonialism, canadian history, indigenous peoples, indigenous rights, indigenous sovereignty

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Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

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