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Nanook of the North [videorecording] /

Contributor(s):

Material type: Film

FilmSeries: Criterion collectionPublication details: Claremont, Calif. : Criterion Collection,, c1998.Description: 1 videodisc (79 min.) : black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

ISBN:

1559408960

Other title:

Title on container: Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North

Subject(s):

Production credits:

Film restoration and transfer supervision, David Shepard/Film Preservation Associates ; video editor Bret Hampton ; telecine colorist, Russell Bishop.

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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-02976 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Withdrawn		16050303320
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD 0017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16050088616

Originally produced in 1922 as a silent motion picture.

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

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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