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Original Name: SGaawaay K’uuna
English Name: Edge of the Knife
Year: 2018
Run Time: 100'
Language: Haida
Type (Colour/ Black & White): Colour
Country: Canada
Directors: Gwaai Edenshaw, Helen Haig-Brown
Producers: Jonathan Frantz, Stephen Grosse
Cast: Tyler York, William Russ, Adeana Young
Screenplay: Gwaai Edenshaw,
Jaalen Edenshaw, Graham Richard and Leonie Sandercock
Cinematographer: Jonathan Frantz
Editor: Sarah Hedar
Sound Designer: Don Mann
Music Composer: Kinnie Starr
Costume Designer: Athena Theny
Production Designer: Sandy Cochrane
Production Company: Niijang Xyalaas Productions
World Sales: Isuma Distribution international
World Sales Phone: +1 514 486 0707
World Sales Email: info@isuma.tv
Gwaai Edenshaw is a Canadian artist, filmmaker, and writer. He is the son of Guujaaw, a noted Haida artist. He went to Vancouver at age 16 to work as an apprentice under artist Bill Reid. In addition to his work as a jewelry designer and woodcarver, he is a founding member of Q'altsi'daKaa, a group to promote traditional Haida storytelling. Helen Haig-Brown is a Tsilhqot'in filmmaker primarily focused on indigenous and First Nations themes. She is from the Yunesit'in community of the Tsilhqot'in nation, and holds a degree in Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking from Capilano University.
Haida Gwaii, 1800’s. At a seasonal fishing camp two families endure conflict between the nobleman Adiits’ii and his best friend Kwa. After Adiits’ii causes the accidental death of Kwa’s son, he flees into the rainforest, descending into madness and transforming into Gaagiixid – “the Wildman.” When the families return in the spring, they discover Adiits’ii has survived the winter. Can he be rescued and returned to his humanity? Meanwhile, Kwa wrestles with his deepest desire – revenge. Filmed on location in the remote Haida Gwaii archipelago, SGaawaayK’uuna (Edge of The Knife) the first feature to be told entirely in Haida dialects by an Indigenous cast and crew.
