Totem: the Return of the G'psgolox Pole (2007)

Original title

Totem: The Return of the G'psgolox Pole

Directed by

Gil Cardinal

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

G

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows the Haisla people as they try to get back a totem pole that was taken from their village in 1929. It shows the pole's journey from a remote community in British Columbia to a museum in Stockholm, and the questions about who owns cultural objects.

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