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.

Country:

Canada

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

54 minutes

Year:

1975

Director:

Dennis Wheeler

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Company:

U'mista Cultural Society

Cast:

Narrator

Crew:

Director

Producer

Editor

Cinematography

Sound Recordist