Movies: Robert Davidson

  • 2019
    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time (2019)

    Now Is the Time

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    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 Auc...

    Now Is the Time
  • 1970
    This Was the Time

    This Was the Time (1970)

    This Was the Time

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    Masset, a Haida village in the Queen Charlotte Islands, holds a potlatch....

    This Was the Time
  • 1964
    Haida Carver

    Haida Carver (1964)

    Haida Carver

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    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 man...

    Haida Carver
  • 2019
    Haida Modern

    Haida Modern (2019)

    Haida Modern

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    In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world’s foremost modern artists. Charles Wilkinson (Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World) brings his trademark inquisitiveness and craftsmans...

    Haida Modern