This Was the Time
Overview
When Masset, a Haida village in Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands), held a potlatch, it seemed as if the past grandeur of the people had returned. This is a colourful recreation of Indigenous life that faded more than two generations ago when the great totems were toppled by the missionaries and the costly potlatch was forbidden by law. The film shows how one village lived again the old glory, with singing, dancing, feasting, and the raising of a towering totem as a lasting reminder of what once was.
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Robert Davidson
Self (uncredited)
Reg Davidson
Self (uncredited)
Robert Davidson Sr.
Self (uncredited)
Florence Davidson
Self (uncredited)
James Carney
Narrator
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