Agency - English program:.Pacific Centre. Agency:.Produced by the NFB with the support of the National Museum of Man, National Museums of Canada, and the province of British Columbia.

Director, Jack Long ; producer, Penni Jacques, George Johnson ; executive producer, John Taylor ; camera, Jack Long, David Geddes, Rudy Pentisch ; sound, Richard Patton, Robert Young ; editing, George Johnson ; sound editing, John Knight ; re-recording, Barry P. Jones ; animation, Svend-Erik Eriksen ; music, Fred Stride, Dave Robbins.

Recorded 1979.

British Columbian Haida artist Bill Reid, jeweller and wood carver, works on a totem pole in the Haida tradition. The film shows the gradual transformation of a bare cedar trunk into a richly carved pole, a gift from the artist to the people of Skidegate on Haida Gwaii (formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands). Particularly moving is the raising of the pole by the villagers, as Bill Reid stands by.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).