Nanook of the North
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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 ye
Nanook of the north
Nyla, wife of Nanook
Nanook (Allakariallak), 1920
Filming of Nanook of the North in 1922
Robert J. Flaherty
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Robert Joseph Flaherty was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, Nanook of the North. The film made his reputation and noth
Nanook of the North
…salvage ethnography, the film follows the struggles of the Inuk man named Nanook and his family in the Canadian Arctic. It is written and directed by Robert J. Flaherty, who also served as cinematographer, editor, and producer. Some have criticized Flaherty for staging several sequences, but the film has been described…
Flaherty in 1922
R.J. Flaherty taking a movie, Port Harrison, QC, 1920-21
BBC publicity shot of The Last Voyage of Captain Grant BBC TV 1938