The Cordillera International Film Festival's focus on inclusion continues to celebrate, elevate and empower Native and Indigenous films, filmmakers, and creators. To ensure a broader audience for these stories, we are offering a pay-what-you-can virtual screening option.
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.
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorChristopher Auchter
- ScreenwriterChristopher Auchter
- ProducerSelwyn Jacob, Teri Snelgrove
- Executive ProducerShirley Vercruysse
- AnimatorChristopher Auchter
The Cordillera International Film Festival's focus on inclusion continues to celebrate, elevate and empower Native and Indigenous films, filmmakers, and creators. To ensure a broader audience for these stories, we are offering a pay-what-you-can virtual screening option.
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.
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorChristopher Auchter
- ScreenwriterChristopher Auchter
- ProducerSelwyn Jacob, Teri Snelgrove
- Executive ProducerShirley Vercruysse
- AnimatorChristopher Auchter