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Catalogue Number: NFB543215
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Bonnie Thompson, Derek Mazur
Directors: Gil Cardinal
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Architecture, Arts, Canadian Social Studies, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Social Studies, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2007
Running Time: 23:04
Closed Captions: Yes
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Totem: Return and Renewal - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB543215
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Bonnie Thompson, Derek Mazur
Directors: Gil Cardinal
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Architecture, Arts, Canadian Social Studies, Documentary, First Nations Studies, Indigenous Peoples, Social Studies, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2007
Running Time: 23:04
Closed Captions: Yes
Click here for pricing
In his 2003 NFB film Totem: the Return of the Gpsgolox Pole, filmmaker Gil Cardinal documented the struggle of the Haisla people of British Columbia to recover a traditional mortuary totem pole. Despite great efforts, the Haisla were unable to repatriate the pole from the Swedish museum in Stockholm where it was housed. In 2007, however, the Swedish museum quickly decided to return the pole to its rightful owners. This half-hour documentary follows the events of the final journey of the Gpsgolox Pole as it returns home to Kitamaat and the Haisla people.