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Now Is the Time
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Now Is the Time

2019-09-06 · 16 min · Not rated

Documentary

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.

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Directors
Christopher Auchter
Production companies
ONF | NFB
Countries
Canada
Status
Released

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Robert DavidsonRobert DavidsonSelf
Reg DavidsonSelf
Barbara WilsonSelf
Jane KristovichSelf (voice)
Percy RodriguezSelf (voice)
Joe WeirSelf (voice)
Florence DavidsonFlorence DavidsonSelf (archive footage)
Victor AdamsSelf (voice)
Robert Davidson Sr.Self (archive footage)

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