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
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
Nyla, who played the role of the wife of Nanook, and her child
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
Robert J. Flaherty
…February 16, 1884 – July 23, 1951) was an American filmmaker who directed and produced the first commercially successful feature-length documentary film, Nanook of the North (1922). The film made his reputation and nothing in his later life fully equaled its success, although he continued the development of this new genre…
Nanook of the north
Nanook (Allakariallak), 1920
Filming of Nanook of the North in 1922