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This Was the Time (1970)
Directed by Eugene Boyko
Documentary · 16m
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.
Cast
Robert Davidson
Florence Davidson
Crew
- Director
- Eugene Boyko
- Writer
- Jacques Bensimon
- Director of Photography
- Eugene Boyko
- Editor
- Jacques Bensimon
- Producer
- Eugene Boyko, Bill Brind
Details
- Release date
- 1970-01-01
- Runtime
- 16m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB