Films with: Flaherty, Robert Joseph

Boatload of wild Irishmen

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.

DVD 8541

Louisiana story

Through the eyes of a young Cajun boy living on the Bayou, tells the story of disruption and change when an oil rig brings industry into his pristine world.

DVD 8110

Man of Aran

Documents the life of a family in a small fishing village in the Aran Islands, Ireland, as it struggles to win the daily battle against its magnificent opponent--the sea.

DVD 1747

Nanook of the North

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.

DVD 325

Tabu a story of the south seas /

Two lovers are doomed by a tribal edict decreeing that the girl is "tabu" to all men.

DVD 1371