Nanook of the North

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1922-06-11

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

79 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (6918 Reviews)

Director:

Robert J. Flaherty

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Allakariallak Nyla Allee Cunayou

Fullplot:

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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