Nanook of the North
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A 1922 American silent film by Robert J. Flaherty set in the Canadian Arctic.
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Nanook of the North
- Silent Films
- Documentaries
- National Film Registry
Nanook of the North is a 1922 American silent film combining documentary and docudrama/docufiction elements. Written, directed, photographed, edited, and produced by Robert J. Flaherty, it follows an Inuk man named Nanook and his family in the Canadian Arctic. It was the first feature-length documentary to achieve commercial success. In 1989, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
- Release year
- 1922
- Creator
- Robert J. Flaherty
- National Film Registry selection
- 1989
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Nanook of the North (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q918401
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By Robert J. Flannery / Pathe Pictures. Public domain · File page on Wikimedia CommonsRobert J. Flannery / Pathe Pictures, Previously uploaded to en:Wikipedia 23:01, 28 May 2005 by en:User:TarnasModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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