In the Land of the Head Hunters

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In the Land of the Head Hunters
Directed by Edward S. Curtis
Written by Edward S. Curtis
Starring Maggie Frank
Cinematography Edmund August Schwinke
Release date(s) 7 December 1914
Running time 47 min
Country Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Language silent film
English intertitles
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In the Land of the Head Hunters (also called In the Land of the War Canoes) is a 1914 silent documentary film showing the lives of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples of British Columbia.

It was written and directed by Edward S. Curtis. In 1999 the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

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