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Nanook of the North

Live Piano Accompaniment by Yakov Gubanov
Screening on Film
Directed by Robert Flaherty.
US, 1922, 16mm, black & white, silent, 57 min.

Considered by many to be the "father of documentary film," Robert Flaherty spent more than two years in Canada’s Hudson Bay region, where he lived among its indigenous people, filming their humanity and their battles against the elements and then showing the footage to them. In this timeless, landmark portrait, Flaherty captures the terror and grandeur of Arctic landscapes and seascapes as he imparts vitality to scenes of an Eskimo family’s hunting excursions and quiet life together through his active and warm involvement.

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