Sioux Ghost Dance

Name: Sioux Ghost Dance
Genre: Documentary, Western
Released: 1894-09-23
Duration: 1 min
Rating: 6.9

1894·Documentary·1m

6.9

★

From Edison films catalog: One of the most peculiar customs of the Sioux Tribe is here shown, the dancers being genuine Sioux Indians, in full war paint and war costumes. 40 feet. 7.50. According to Edison film historian C. Musser, this film and others shot on the same day (see also Buffalo dance) featured Native American Indian dancers from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, and represent the American Indian's first appearance before a motion picture camera.

Directed by William Heise and William K.L. Dickson

dance

silent film

sioux tribe

IMDB

N/A

Crew

William Heise

Director

William K.L. Dickson

Director

Thomas A. Edison

Producer

Popular Reviews

23 reviews

Noah Miller

Well, one can only hope they agreed to do this. Can’t be too sure back then.

Skipp

This was shot on the same day as Buffalo Dance and featured the same members of Buffalo Bill’s traveling act. A bit more lively, but the shot is also a bit more crowded.

DomiPRO

2.0★ · 08/25/25

Racism?

vilaney

2.0★ · 07/03/24

post-genocide commercialisation of pillaged native cultures... icky. i feel awful for these people and hope those that have or do commodify marginalised communities rot in hell.

Mathias

6.0★ · 06/26/22

Oldest known footage of Native Americans.. pretty cool.. pretty weird seeing this footage with ‘Mask Off’ by Future playing in the backround, but I digress..

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