Buffalo Dance (film)
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Genre Documentary, Short Producer William Kennedy Dickson Duration Language Silent | 5.4/10 IMDb Director William Kennedy Dickson Cinematography William Heise Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1894 (1894) Cast Hair Coat (Himself), Parts His Hair (Himself), Last Horse (Himself)Related William Kennedy Dickson movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo dance 1894
Buffalo Dance is an 1894 American 16-second black-and-white silent film shot in Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio. The film was made at the same time as Edison's Sioux Ghost Dance. It is one of the earliest films made featuring Native Americans. In this film, produced by William K. L. Dickson with William Heise as cinematographer, three Sioux warriors named Hair Coat, Parts His Hair and Last Horse dance in a circle and two other Native Americans sit behind them and accompany them with drums. According to the Edison catalog, the actors were "genuine Sioux Indians, in full war paint and war costumes." They were also apparently veterans of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.
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Production
According to the Internet Movie Database the film was made in 35 mm with an aspect ratio of 1.33 : 1. The movie was intended to be displayed with a Kinetoscope.
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