This Was the Time

197016m8.0 (1)
Documentary

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.

Crew

JB

Jacques Bensimon

Writer

EB

Eugene Boyko

Director of Photography

EB

Eugene Boyko

Producer

BB

Bill Brind

Producer

EB

Eugene Boyko

Director

Cast

Robert Davidson

Robert Davidson

Self (uncredited)

RD

Reg Davidson

Self (uncredited)

RD

Robert Davidson Sr.

Self (uncredited)

Florence Davidson

Florence Davidson

Self (uncredited)

JC

James Carney

Narrator

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