Now Is the Time

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 Auchter steps easily through history to revisit that day in August 1969, when the entire village of Old Massett gathered to celebrate the event that would signal the rebirth of the Haida spirit.

Cast

Robert Davidson

Self

R

Reg Davidson

Self

B

Barbara Wilson

Self

J

Jane Kristovich

Self (voice)

P

Percy Rodriguez

Self (voice)

J

Joe Weir

Self (voice)

Florence Davidson

Self (archive footage)

V

Victor Adams

Self (voice)

R

Robert Davidson Sr.

Self (archive footage)