Dances of the Kwakiutl is a 1951 film directed by William Heick and produced by Robert Gardner. It is distributed by Documentary Educational Resources. The film is composed of sequences filmed in 1950 in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, featuring a performance by Kwakiutl people of their secretive Hamatsa ceremony.

See also

In the Land of the Head Hunters, a 1914 silent film

References

Ira Jacknis. Visualizing Kwakwaka'wakw Tradition: The Films of William Heick, 1951-1963, BC STUDIES: The British Columbia Quarterly - A Special Double Issue-Number 125 & 126, 2000.

Dances of the Kwakiutl

1951 films

American short documentary films

1950s short documentary films

Anthropology documentary films

1951 documentary films

Films shot in British Columbia

Documentary films about First Nations

Kwakwaka'wakw

1950s English-language films

1950s American films

Dances of the Kwakiutl