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Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

Plot: 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
Release Date: Wednesday, January 1 1975
50 years ago
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Portrait of Gloria Cranmer WebsterGloria Cranmer Webster. Gloria Cranmer Webster was >> in Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance as 'Narrator'.
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Crew

Portrait of Dennis WheelerDennis Wheeler. Dennis Wheeler was >> in Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance as 'Director'
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Portrait of Richard PattonRichard Patton. Richard Patton was >> in Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance as 'Second Unit Director of Photography, Sound Recordist'
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Portrait of Tom ShandelTom Shandel. Tom Shandel was >> in Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance as 'Producer'
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Portrait of Sally PatersonSally Paterson. Sally Paterson was >> in Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance as 'Editor'
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Portrait of Joe MockJoe Mock. Joe Mock was >> in Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance as 'Original Music Composer'
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Portrait of Tony WestmanTony Westman. Tony Westman was 28 in Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance as 'Cinematography'
Birthday: Sun, Nov 24 1946
Portrait of Zale DalenZale Dalen. Zale Dalen was >> in Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance as 'Sound Recordist'
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Portrait of Enda BrattEnda Bratt. Enda Bratt was >> in Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance as 'Wardrobe Coordinator'
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