Edge of the Knife (2018)
September 7, 2018Release Date
Edge of the Knife (2018)
September 7, 2018Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Tyler York
Adiits'ii
William Russ
Kwa
Adeana Young
Hlaaya
Brandon Kallio
Adiits'ii's father
Trey Rorick
Guustlaas
Delores Churchill
Naanii SGwaansang
Greg Brown
Gaas' Xaants'ii
Deanna Kallio
Child
Zachary Collison
Ts'acklii
Diane Brown
Nanaay
Fraser Kallio
Child
James Kallio
Child
Russel Davis
Watcher
Presley Kallio
Child
Leo Gagnon
Kwa's father
Marika Gladstone
Raven Child
Gwaai Edenshaw
Director
Erica Jean Ryan
Adiitsii's Mother
Helen Haig-Brown
Director
Jaalen Edenshaw
Writer
Richard Williams
Llits'aad
Graham Richard
Writer
Leonie Sandercock
Writer
Lauren 'Toddi' Brown
Fish Cutter
Samantha Derrick-York
Tluujaad
Jonathan Frantz
Producer
Jane Kristovich
Naanii Sdang
Ben Young
Gudingaa
Ernie Gladstone
Steersman
Sarah Hedar
Editor
Sandy Cochrane
ProductionDesigner
Vernon Albert Amos Williams
Sgaalanglaay
Harold Williams
Chinaay
Sherri Dick
Naanii HlGunahl
Sphenia Jones
Daasjaadee
Xiila Taayii Guujaaw
Sk'ayuu
Emma Grinder
Eagle Child
Curtis Brown
Gaagiid Dancer/Attendant
Clint Carleton
Stunt Coordinator
Zacharias Kunuk
Executive Producer
Sarah Heder
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 7, 2018
Original NameSG̲aawaay Ḵ'uuna
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Edge of the Knife (Haida: SG̲aawaay Ḵ'uuna, IPA: [sɢ̥aːwaːj qʼuːna]) is a 2018 Canadian drama film co-directed by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown. It is the first feature film spoken only in the Haida language. Set in 19th-century Haida Gwaii, it tells the classic Haida story of a traumatized and stranded man transformed into Gaagiixiid, the wildman.
With input from Haida Gwaii residents, the screenplay was written in 2015 by Gwaai and Jaalen Edenshaw, Graham Richard, and Leonie Sandercock with an aim to preserve and teach Haida, an endangered language. Contributors to the film's budget of Can$1,890,000 included the Council of the Haida Nation, the Canada Media Fund, and Telefilm Canada. The film was created primarily by indigenous people, including the co-directors, a mostly amateur crew, and the Haida cast. In 2017, the actors were taught to speak Haida at a two-week training camp and throughout the five weeks of filming.
First shown on 1 September 2018 to residents of Haida Gwaii, who the film's creators said were the primary audience, Edge of the Knife made its public premiere six days later at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, which named the film in its annual Canada's Top Ten list.