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Nanook of the North . R. Flaherty. 1922.

Documentary. VHS and DVD. 79 minutes.

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. (source: tape case copy)

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