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

ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー

上映時間 : 54分

演出 : Dennis Wheeler

シノプシス

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.

出演

Gloria Cranmer Webster
Gloria Cranmer Webster
Narrator

製作陣

Dennis Wheeler
Dennis Wheeler
Director
Tom Shandel
Tom Shandel
Producer
Sally Paterson
Sally Paterson
Editor
Tony Westman
Tony Westman
Cinematography
Zale Dalen
Zale Dalen
Sound Recordist
Richard Patton
Richard Patton
Sound Recordist
Richard Patton
Richard Patton
Second Unit Director of Photography
Enda Bratt
Enda Bratt
Wardrobe Coordinator
Joe Mock
Joe Mock
Original Music Composer

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