Nanook of the North

Live musical accompaniment by the Matti Bye Ensemble

Showings

Castro Theatre Sun, Jun 5, 2016 1:45 PM
$16 general / $14 member
Film Info
Director:Robert Flaherty
Year:1922
Country:USA
Total Run Time:71 min

Description

Subtitled A Story Of Life and Love in the Actual Arctic, this is the groundbreaking film that launched a genre. It was Flaherty’s genius to combine ethnography, the travelogue, and fictional filmmaking techniques to reveal the human drama of one Inuit family’s survival in the extreme conditions of Canada’s Hudson Bay. Despite its arguable claim to authenticity, it is told with respect and sensitivity and remains an astonishing work.

Live musical accompaniment by the Matti Bye Ensemble

Co-presented by BAMPFA and Noise Pop

ASL interpretation provided