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Haida Carver (1964)

Name: Haida Carver
Director: Richard Gilbert
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1964-01-01
Duration: 12 min
Rating: 9
Cast: Robert Davidson, Robert Davidson Sr., Florence Davidson

12 min · Canada · Dir. Richard Gilbert

Documentary 1964 movies

On Canada's Pacific coast this film finds a young Haida artist, Robert Davidson, shaping miniature totems from argillite, a jet-like stone. The film follows the artist to the island where he finds the stone, and then shows how he carves it in the manner of his grandfather, who taught him the craft.