Haida Carver (1964)

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.

Released

1964-01-01

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

12 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Richard Gilbert

TMDB rating

9.0/10 from 1 votes