Nanook of the North
- Original title
- Nanook of the North
- Year
- 1922
- Running time
- 79 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Documentary
- Cinematography
- Robert J. Flaherty (B&W)
- Producer
- Genre
- Documentary | Hunting. Family Relationships. Silent Film. Cold Weather
- Synopsis
- Documents one year in the life of Nanook, an Eskimo (Inuit), and his family. Describes the trading, hunting, fishing and migrations of a group barely touched by industrial technology. Nanook of the North was widely shown and praised as the first full-length, anthropological documentary in cinematographic history.
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- Critics' reviews
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"This remains a historic, ground-breaking work by the great pioneering documentarist Robert Flaherty."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 37 My Favorite Documentaries (137)
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