1970
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0h 16m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
ONF | NFB
This Was the Time
Overview
When Masset, a Haida village in Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), held a potlatch, it seemed as if the past grandeur of the people had returned. This is a colourful recreation of Indigenous life that faded more than two generations ago when the great totems were toppled by the missionaries and the costly potlatch was forbidden by law. The film shows how one village lived again the old glory, with singing, dancing, feasting, and the raising of a towering totem as a lasting reminder of what once was.
Key Crew
Writer: Jacques Bensimon
Director of Photography: Eugene Boyko
Producer: Eugene Boyko, Bill Brind
Director: Eugene Boyko
