MovieReleasedDocumentary
Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance
Release1975
Runtime54m
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.
Original Language
en
Release Date
January 1, 1975
Popularity
0
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Production Companies
U'
U'mista Cultural Society
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