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Films
2 Films
Keywords
“Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples”
and
“Ritual”
x
Country of production
“United States”
x
short films
1
Region
Australia
1
North America
1
Country
Australia
1
Canada
1
Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Death
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
2
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Ritual
2
x
Directors
Glass, Aaron
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Series
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
1
Canada
1
United States
2
x
Year of production
1980
1
2004
1
Film list
The House-Opening
1980
45
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
.
When Geraldine Kawanka’s husband died, she and her children left their house at Aurukun on Cape York Peninsula. In earlier times a bark house would have been burnt, but today a ‘house-opening’
Australia
Ritual
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Death
In Search of the Hamat’sa: A Tale of Headhunting
2004
33
‘
Directed by
Aaron Glass
.
The Hamat’sa (or “Cannibal Dance”) is the most important—and highly represented ceremony of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl) people of British Columbia. This film traces the history of
North America
Archival material / Museum displays
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Ritual
Informant-researcher relationship
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples