Ravens and Eagles: Haida Art (Series 2)
Rental Period - 90 Days
(2003, 11 x 24 minutes)
Shot on British Columbia's rugged north coast, this second series of Ravens and Eagles: Haida Art continues its exploration into the roots of traditional Haida art, all from the inside perspective of a member of the Haida community, writer, producer and director Marianne Jones. The series includes one longer documentary (2 parts) Athlii Gwaii: The Line at Lyell. It follows the historic blockade of logging on Lyell Island by Haida elders that resulted in the establishment of the Gwaii Haanas Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site in 1987. Repatriation is explored in two separate episodes and the final episode seeks to further define Haida art in form, process and in its connection to spirituality, land and culture.
Titles included in Ravens and Eagles: Haida Art series 2:
Stone Carver (24 minutes)
On the Trail of Property Woman (24 minutes)
In Our Blood (24 minutes)
Haida Jewelers (24 minutes)
NaXine Weaver (24 minutes)
Athlii Gwaii: The Line at Lyell Parts 1 & 2 (46.5 minutes)
The New Collectors: Repatriation Part 1 (24 minutes)
The New Collectors: Repatriation Part 2 (24 minutes)
GiiahlGalang: The State of the Haida Language (24 minutes)
Ravens and Eagles Finale: Defining Haida Art (24 minutes)
Directors and Producers: Jeff Bear, Marianne Jones
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Ravens and Eagles S2E01 Stone Carver
“Stone Carver” Ravens and Eagles - Series 2 Episode 1
Alfie Collinson is a stone carver who transforms the Haida people's creation stories into art. Using argillite, a stone indigenous only to Haida Gwaii, he is among the best of contemporary carvers. Alfie journeys to sacred ground to quarry th...
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Ravens and Eagles S2E02 On The Trail of Property Woman
“On the Trail of Property Woman” Ravens and Eagles - Series 2 Episode 2
It's rare to find a female carver of monumental art, but in the 1960s, Freda Diesing was among the vanguard of Haida artists whose talents sparked a revival of her culture's artwork. At the age of 42, she took up carving and...
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Ravens and Eagles S2E03 In Our Blood
“In Our Blood” Ravens and Eagles -Series 2 Episode 3
Geoff Green, Tony Green and Eric Olson are brothers who share a passion for art. Geoff is a student of design and would one day like to teach. Tony carves both wood and metal and paints, but his specialty is pencil drawing. Eric, the youngest,...
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Ravens and Eagles S2E04 Haida Jewelers
“Haida Jewelers” Ravens and Eagles - Series 2 Episode 4
Carmen Goertzen and Frank Paulson are two contemporary carvers who specialize in silver and gold. Both are motivated to pursue jewelry making by a desire for independence. They discuss their own processes and inspirations, how Haida jewelry...
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Ravens and Eagles S2E05 NaXine Weaver
“NaXine Weaver” Raven and Eagles -Series 2 Episode 5
The granddaughter of weaver Selina Adams Peratrovich and daughter of Dolores Churchill, also a renowned weaver, Evelyn Vanderhoop creates the highly prized NaXine robe, or Chilkat blanket, a cedar bark and goat's wool textile that takes many y...
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Ravens and Eagles S2E06 S2E07 Athlii Gwaii: The Line at Lyell Pts 1 and 2
“Ravens and Eagles: Athlii Gwaii: The Line at Lyell Part 1 & 2” Ravens and Eagles - Series 2 Episode 6 & 7
In the fall of 1985, a small but resolute troupe of Haida elders journeyed by helicopter to Athlii Gwaii (Lyell Island) to join their young counterparts in a stand against clearcutting. Ind...
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Ravens and Eagles S2E08 The New Collectors: Repatriation, Part 1
“The New Collectors: Repatriation, Part 1” Ravens and Eagles - Series 2 Episode 8
Nika, Tanya and Vince Collison and 23 other Haida delegates travel 3,000 miles to New York City to reclaim their ancestors' remains from the American Museum of Natural History. As part of their pilgrimage, they are...
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Ravens and Eagles S2E09 The New Collectors: Repatriation, Part 2
“The New Collectors: Repatriation, Part 2” Ravens and Eagles - Series 2 Episode 9
Nika and Vince Collison, Haida repatriation committee members, visit the British Museum in London to open a discussion on repatriating Haida artifacts. This vast historical museum, sticking to their mandate of deli...
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Ravens and Eagles S2E10 Giiahlgalang: The State of the Haida Language
“GiiahlGalang: The State of the Haida Language” Ravens and Eagles -Series 2 Episode 10
Pre-contact, the Haida language flourished with as many different dialects as there were villages. Today, few fluent speakers remain. Some worry that the Haida people stand to lose a unique worldview that is e...
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Ravens and Eagles S2E11 Finale: Defining Haida Art
“Finale: Defining Haida Art” Ravens and Eagles - Series 2 Episode 11
The final part of this series examines how the foundations of Haida art were shaken after the intrusion of Europeans on Haida Gwaii and also looks at the robust revival of the Haida people's rich traditions taking place today. ...
