Robert Flaherty


Robert Flaherty
Michigan-born filmmaker ">Nanook of the North, in 1922. His backers were the Revillon brothers, who hoped to use the film to promote their fur business. While he claimed to disdain "showmanship," Flaherty was not above a little fakery in getting the best effect; Nanook's igloo is patently fake, while the famous harpooning sequence was comprised of several different harpooning expeditions filmed over a series of days. Nonetheless, Nanook was an impressive achievement, and though it was not (as has often been claimed) the first feature-length... Full Robert Flaherty Biography

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Robert Flaherty Nanook of the North
Directed by: Robert Flaherty
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Robert Flaherty Elephant Boy
Directed by: Robert Flaherty
Featuring: Sabu, W. E. Holloway
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