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Waaydanaa (Haida Version)
201916 min 10 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Christopher Auchter
Production: Selwyn JacobShirley Vercruysse
When internationally renowned Haida carver Robert Davidson was only 22 years old, he carved the first new totem pole on British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii in almost a century. On the 50th anniversary of the pole’s raising, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter steps easily through history to revisit that day in August 1969, when the entire village of Old Massett gathered to celebrate the event that would signal the rebirth of the Haida spirit.
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Subject categories
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (First Nations and Métis) > British ColumbiaCraftsCultural Identity
- Visual Arts > Carving and Sculpture
- Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
- Indigenous Studies > History/PoliticsIdentity/Society
- Tangible & Material Culture > Carving & Sculpture
- Worldview, Belief, Spirituality Philosophy & Ideology > Ceremonies, Rites, Traditions
- Indigenous Peoples: Canada > Haida
- Community > Historic Preservation (Buildings & Structures)
Credits
- director
- Christopher Auchter
- producer
- Selwyn Jacob
- executive producer
- Shirley Vercruysse
Awards
- Arts/CultureYorkton Film Festival
- Indigenous AwardYorkton Film Festival
- MainFilm Aboriginal Emerging Talent Award ($1,000 grant)First Peoples' Festival (Land InSights)
- Radio-Canada Espaces autochtones Award for Best Canadian Native Short ($1000 grant)First Peoples' Festival (Land InSights)
- Best Canadian Short Film Jury PrizeGimli Film Festival
- Audience Choice Award for Best Pacific Northwest Short FilmTacoma Film Festival