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Indians in the Mist

Many thoughts crossed our mind last night as we left the showing of Edward Curtis's , Curtis's work bears witness to the fact that early film sucked. The narrative is disjointed, the story thin and hard to follow. It really just proves that people (or at least Americans) love technical gadgetry for its own sake, and are willing to embrace an impoverished experience for the novelty.

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94 Years On, In the Land of the Head Hunters Returns to the Moore

is the union of two traditions: the one, early American cinema, and the other, the elaborate performances of the Kwakwaka'wakw Tribe.

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