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Joe David: Spirit of the Mask -- Film Description:
"A look at West Coast Native artist Joe David—his personal reflections and scenes from his life. Follows the creative process of carving and finishing a magnificent wolf headdress from a block of cedar to its ultimate use as a ceremonial mask worn by the artist himself in a haunting dance which ends the film. [...]"
-- Kaye Sullivan


Source:
Sullivan, Kaye. Films for, by, and about Women, Series II. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1985. (pp. 260-261)