Edge of the Knife DM

Duration: 14m 48s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

'I'm Alaskan Haida.'

'I have kind of an extensive language background. I've been either learning, documenting and teaching language for a little over a decade.'

'I'm a functional speaker.'

Duration: 21m 4s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham

'I heard about the movie from the elders and my cousin.'

Duration: 20m 15s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

'This particular script came to us very gradually. Very organically.'

'The script is based, or inspired by, traditional Haida stories.'

'Our story is definitely fiction but it's based in reality.'

'We went over and over and over that script so many times.'

'We consulted a lot.'

Duration: 7m 58s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

‘I was born and raised in Skidegate’

‘I actually submitted a 50-pages story that I’ve written a long time ago. And that was too long and they wanted me to write something else but I didn’t get a chance to write anything else.’

Duration: 22m 6s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

"The language [Haida] has changed me"

Duration: 16m 14s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

"What would we do if we couldn't speak Haida and we couldn't talk to our ancestors? That would be the scariest thing. But that will not happen now, I believe whole heartedly with the film and the 12 women that are going to be teachers."

Duration: 9m 25s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

Duration: 12m 38s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

“I was mostly intrigued by the Haida language. Being in front of the camera wasn’t so much the big push. It was the language part and the fact that it was all going to be done in Haida language.” K_uun Jaad

Duration: 5m 21s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

"I thought it would be a really good experience learning how to speak X̱aaydaa Kil [Haida] and I thought it would be fun"

"It's so culturally involved and an inspiration for other Nations to do it."

"I think most people here would probably watch it by private showings."

Duration: 17m 49s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

“I’m a cedar bark weaver. And I’ve been weaving since 2007. And I weave on a daily basis, minimum 4 hours a day.”

Duration: 6m 59s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

"The language was easy; it was remembering that was the hard part"

"I'm a carver and I make carving tools for local carvers"

"I do a lot of weaving, a lot of hunting and fishing"

"This [knife] if similar to what was used on the film. Made by me."

Duration: 11m 32s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

“Of course I’m interested in any kind of thing that pushes Haida culture into the new centuries.”

“[Atanarjuat] portraits real authentic story from the Nations it was from. It kind of gives you an idea about of how you can represent your culture on the screen.”

Duration: 7m 42s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

'My english name is Harold Williams. My Haida name Sgaamsgid means big eyes in Haida.'

'We are learning all the Haida words for the movie.'

'My kids were so happy I was going in the movies. I didn't want to disappoint them.'

Duration: 11m 58s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

Duration: 7m 55s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham Richard

'My mom told me that there was something going on. She said that if I wanted I could try to audition.'

'I just really like that kind of thing. To act and stuff like that.' 'I was raven child. I don't know how to describe myself.'

Duration: 11m 46s

Interview with Dana Moraes and Graham

'My white man name is Russel. My Haida name is Nunthclioff meaning long, lost one found. It was given to me by my aunty after I return home from residential school. The name means long lost, one found.'

Duration: 2m 44s

Camera, interview and footage facilitated by Glen Kugelstadt
Edit by: Dan Dietzel 

Duration: 4m 18s

 Interview with Producer Jon Frantz about the Translation of the script into two Haida dialects. 

Camera, interview and footage facilitated by Glen Kugelstadt
Edit by: Dan Dietzel

Duration: 2m 1s

Camera, interview and footage facilitated by Glen Kugelstadt
Edit by: Dan Dietzel 

Duration: 2m 40s

Camera, interview and footage facilitated by Glen Kugelstadt
Edit by: Dan Dietzel

Duration: 4m 1s

Camera, interview and footage facilitated by Glen Kugelstadt
Edit by: Dan Dietzel

Duration: 2m 49s

Camera, interview and footage facilitated by Glen Kugelstadt
Edit by: Dan Dietzel

Duration: 3m 20s

 Haida Wood Carving on the set of Edge of the Knife.

Camera, interview and footage facilitated by Glen Kugelstadt
Edit by: Dan Dietzel

Duration: 6m 6s

Camera: Cameron Watts

Interview by: Dana and Erica Ryan-Gagne

Edit by: Sara Hedar

Footage facilitated by: Edge of the Knife (EOTK production company 1037125 BC LTD.) 

Duration: 4m 19s

Camera: Cameron Watts

Interview by: Dana and Erica Ryan-Gagne

Edit by: Sara Hedar

Footage facilitated by: Edge of the Knife (EOTK production company 1037125 BC LTD.) 

Duration: 4m 20s

Camera: Cameron Watts

Interview by: Dana and Erica Ryan-Gagne

Edit by: Sara Hedar

Footage facilitated by: Edge of the Knife (EOTK production company 1037125 BC LTD.) 

Duration: 32s

Camera: Cameron Watts

Interview by: Dana and Erica Ryan-Gagne

Edit by: Sara Hedar

Footage facilitated by: Edge of the Knife (EOTK production company 1037125 BC LTD.)

Duration: 48s

Camera: Cameron Watts

Interview by: Dana and Erica Ryan-Gagne

Edit by: Sara Hedar

Footage facilitated by: Edge of the Knife (EOTK production company 1037125 BC LTD.)

Duration: 2m 39s

Camera: Cameron Watts

Interview by: Dana and Erica Ryan-Gagne

Edit by: Sara Hedar

Footage facilitated by: Edge of the Knife (EOTK production company 1037125 BC LTD.) 

Duration: 2m 36s

 Jon Frantz talks about the importance of using the real thing and not using replicas. 

Duration: 2m 30s

 Helen receives a name

Editing: Maia Iotzova

Duration: 9m 2s

 Production team selects locations for filming!

Editing: Maia Iotzova

Duration: 20m 23s

 Milling old growth cedar for the long house

Editing: Maia Iotzova

Duration: 13m 35s

 Building traditional Haida canoes

Editing: Maia Iotzova

Duration: 1m 22s

 Zach builds a totem pole

Editing: Maia Iotzova

Duration: 3m 21s

 Zach Kunuk visits Haida Gwaii

Editing: Maia Iotzova

Duration: 3m 19s

 Zach seal hunting

Editing: Maia Iotzova