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Nanook of the North [videorecording] / Revillon Fráeres ; produced by Robert J. Flaherty.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs)Publication details: Claremont, Calif. : Criterion Collection, c1998.Description: 1 videodisc (79 min.) : b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1559408960
  • 9781559408967
Other title:
  • Title on container: Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 970.004/97 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 00906
Summary: Presents a documentary on the life of an Eskimo family pitting their strength against a vast and inhospitable Arctic. Juxtaposes their struggle for survival against the elements with the warmth of the little family as they go about their daily affairs.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 00906 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000039375

DVD.

Silent film with English intertitles.

Originally produced in 1922 as a silent motion picture.

Based on the book: My Eskimo friends / by Robert Flaherty.

Not rated.

Presents a documentary on the life of an Eskimo family pitting their strength against a vast and inhospitable Arctic. Juxtaposes their struggle for survival against the elements with the warmth of the little family as they go about their daily affairs.

Digital transfer, remastered at the visually correct speed ; orchestral score by silent film music specialist Timothy Brock ; excerpts from the 1958 documentary: Flaherty and film : Mrs. Frances Flaherty remembers Nanook of the North (8 min.) ; stills gallery of Flaherty's life in the Arctic.

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