| Description |
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD-R; NTSC, stereo. |
| Note |
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Mac Dara Ó Fatharta ; interviews and contributions from Robert Flaherty, Richard Leacock (cameraman on "Louisiana Story", 1948), Martha Flaherty (Flaherty's Inuit granddaughter), George Stoney (documentary filmmaker and professor at New York University), Seán Crosson (film scholar at the Huston School of Film), Jay Ruby (anthropologist and film scholar at Temple University), Deirdre Ní Chonghaile (musician and folklorist from Árainn). |
| Credits |
Cinematography, Alan Wilson [and others] ; editors, Chris Hainstock and Mikey Flaherty ; music, Steve McGrath. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 2010. |
| Summary |
Examines Robert Flaherty's career as "the father of the modern documentary film" and the dispute about his staged scenes. Includes excerpts from his films as well as telling interviews with the people whose parents and grandparents Flaherty put onto the cinema screens of the world: Inuit, Samoans and the 'wild men' of Aran. |
| Terms Of Use |
Includes public performance rights. MnManS |
| Language |
English, Irish Gaelic and Inuit with English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States.
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Documentary films -- Production and direction.
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Nanook of the North (Motion picture)
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Man of Aran (Motion picture)
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Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951. (OCoLC)fst00000726
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Man of Aran (Motion picture) (OCoLC)fst01915126
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Nanook of the North (Motion picture) (OCoLC)fst01361416
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Documentary films -- Production and direction.
(OCoLC)fst00896089
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Motion picture producers and directors. (OCoLC)fst01027225
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical films. (OCoLC)fst01710277
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, 1884-1951.
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Ó Curraidhín, Mac Dara, producer, director.
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Ó Fátharta, Macdara, narrator.
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Winston, Brian, screenwriter.
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Flaherty, Martha.
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Stoney, George C.
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Crosson, Seán.
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Ruby, Jay.
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Icarus Films.
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Léirithe le Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín.
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| Added Title |
Life of Robert Flaherty |
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