In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuit living in the Arctic Circle. (79 mins.)
| Nanook of the North (1922) | |
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Rating: 7.7/10 (9,655 votes) Director: Robert J. Flaherty Writer: N/A Stars: Allakariallak, Alice Nevalinga, Cunayou, Allegoo Runtime: 78 min Rated: Not Rated Genre: Documentary Released: 11 Jun 1922 |
| Plot: 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. | |
