Totem : [videorecording (DVD)] return and renewal / written and directed by Gil Cardinal.

Totem : [videorecording (DVD)] return and renewal / written and directed by Gil Cardinal.

Publication Date
2008

Publication Information
[Montreal, Que.] : National Film Board of Canada,

Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 23 min.)

Subject Term
Documentary films -- Canada.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
 
Totem poles -- British Columbia.
 
Aboriginal peoples in Canada -- British Columbia.

Additional Contributors
Cardinal, Gil,

Summary
In 1929, the Haisla people of northwestern British Columbia returned from a fishing trip to find a nine-metre-high totem pole, known as the G'psgolox pole, severed at the base and removed from their village. The fate of the 19th century pole remained unknown to the Haisla for over sixty years. This long awaited new film from director Gil Cardinal reveals the Haisla's recent discovery of the pole in a Stockholm museum where it is considered state property by the Swedish government. From the lush rainforest near Kitamaat Village, BC, to the National Museum of Ethnography in Sweden, the documentary traces the fascinating journey of the Haisla to reclaim the traditional mortuary pole.

Language
English

General Note
DVD.


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Corner Brook (WCB)Adult NFic DVD NFBAdult Non-Fiction DVD NFB731.7 T64Checked In