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Nanook of the North

Nanook of the North

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 11, 1922

Runtime

1h 19m

Genres

Documentary, Drama

User Score

71%

Original Title

Nanook of the North

Production Companies

Les Frères Revillon

Director

Robert Flaherty

Budget

$53,000

Description

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.