Various MSs of a woman sewing a banner with an Indigenous symbol on it. Sequence on silkscreen printing of banners by Haida artist Robert Davidson and a woman. Shot of Davidson painting a large thunderbird in preparation for the potlatch and totem pole raising ceremony held in August 1969 in Masset, Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), British Columbia. Cut to sequence on Davidson carving a mask, painting it. MLSs of man looking over nearly finished dugout canoe, turning canoe over. CU of adze chipping wood off side of canoe.
DETAILS
Excerpt from
This Was the Time
Location
Haida Gwaii
Year
1970
Collection
National Film Board
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