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Nanook of the North is a 1922 American silent film that combines elements of documentary and docudrama/docufiction, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist.
Watch the trailer and read user reviews of this 1922 film by Robert J. Flaherty, which follows Nanook and his family in the Arctic Circle. Learn about the film's history, controversies, and impact on cinematography and anthropology.
- (14K)
- Documentary
- Robert J. Flaherty
- 1922-06-11
Feb 13, 2013 · Learn about the influential documentary film by Robert Flaherty that depicts the life of Inuit hunter Allakariallak in northern Canada. Discover the history, criticism and legacy of this cinematic milestone.
This is a high quality version of Robert Flaherty's documentary. I do not own the rights to the film, nor am I profiting from it. Like all American films from 1922, the picture entered the...
- 78 min
- 257.6K
- André Bourbeau
Robert J. Flaherty's 1922 film "Nanook of the North" shows the life of an Inuit family in the Arctic, hunting seals, walruses and building igloos. The film is a masterpiece of man-against-nature genre, but also a controversial example of staged reality and ethnographic representation.
A classic film by Robert Flaherty about the life of an Inuit hunter and his family in Canada. The DVD features a new digital transfer, a new orchestral score, and a documentary about the filmmaker.
The seal that appears to be engaging Nanook in a delightful tug of war is actually dead; Nanook is in fact being pulled around by friends at the other end of the rope, standing just off camera. During the famous walrus hunt the hunters desperately asked the filmmaker to stop shooting the camera and start shooting the rifle.
