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Short Film ⏱ 15m

Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway

Based On the book by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway is a 1903 dramatic short film shot in Canada directed by the American pioneering cinematographer and director Joseph Rosenthal, based on the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem, The Song of Hiawatha, made in Desbarats, Ontario, with a cast of Ojibway First Nations people. According to the Canadian Journal of Film Studies, it was the first dramatic narrative film to be shot in Canada.

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Release date:
1903
Director:
Joseph Rosenthal
Genre:
Drama
Country:
Canada

Book vs Film

Cover of The Song of Hiawatha
The Book · 1855

The Song of Hiawatha

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Poster for Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway
The Short Film · 1903

Hiawatha, the Messiah of the Ojibway

Joseph Rosenthal

★ 4.2 / 10 22 votes · IMDb

Reached the screen 48 years after publication.

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