Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

54 mins
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.

Enda Bratt

Wardrobe Coordinator

Tom Shandel

Producer

Tony Westman

Cinematography

Richard Patton

Second Unit Director of Photography

Zale Dalen

Sound Recordist

Richard Patton

Sound Recordist

Joe Mock

Original Music Composer

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