Now Is the Time

Sep 6, 2019

0h 16m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Now Is the Time Trailers

Cast

Self

Robert Davidson

Self

Reg Davidson

Self

Barbara Wilson

Self (voice)

Jane Kristovich

Self (voice)

Percy Rodriguez

Self (voice)

Joe Weir

Self (archive footage)

Florence Davidson

Self (voice)

Victor Adams

Self (archive footage)

Robert Davidson Sr.

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