Edge of the Knife (SGaawaay K'uuna). Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown, 2018.
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Edition screened: Included in Severin Blu-ray box set All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror Volume 2, released 2024. Haida language with English subtitles. Runtime approximately 101 minutes.
Summary: The film includes several scenes in which ocean fish, freshly caught but dead, are cut by the skilled hands of 19th-century Pacific Canadian native people. There is no beheading, gutting or other intentionally disgusting details.
Edge of the Knife is a captivating story that weaves realistic social drama with tribal mythology. It is the first feature film in the Haida language, which survives with only a few dozen native speakers.
The culturally sympathetic films Haida Carver (1964) and Nalujuk Night (2021) are included on the disc.