1922: Nanook of the North
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough looks at this ground-breaking documentary about Arctic life, talking to Roswitha Skare and Luke Dormehl
Robert Flaherty鈥檚 ground-breaking documentary film Nanook of the North came out in the same year as the 大象传媒 was founded. Continuing our series explores cultural events from 1922, Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough talks to film historian Roswitha Skare and journalist Luke Dormehl about why this study of life in the Arctic has proved to be both controversial and influential.
Roswitha Skare is the author of Nanook of the North from 1922 to Today: The Famous Arctic Documentary and Its Afterlife.
Luke Dormehl has written A Journey Through Documentary Film.
Producer: Torquil MacLeod
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