Haida Carver

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 12 min
  • Premiere: 1964. January 1.

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.

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Robert Davidson Sr.

Self (uncredited)

Florence Davidson

Self (uncredited)

Camera

François Séguillon

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Ron Alexander

Recording Supervision

Writing

Camera

François Séguillon

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Ron Alexander

Recording Supervision

Writing