A boatload of wild Irishmen : the life of Robert Flaherty

A boatload of wild Irishmen The life of Robert Flaherty

DVD - 2011

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.

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Subjects
Flaherty, Robert Joseph, > 1884-1951.
Nanook of the North (Motion picture)
Man of Aran (Motion picture)
Motion picture producers and directors > Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Documentary films > Production and direction.
Documentary films.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Documentary films
Biographical films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Brooklyn, N.Y. : Icarus Films 201.
Language
English
Irish
Inupiaq
Other Authors
Robert Joseph Flaherty, 1884-1951 (-), Mac Dara Ó Curraidhín (producer), Mac Dara Ó Fatharta (narrator), Brian Winston (screenwriter)
Edition
Widescreen
Item Description
This disc is a recorded DVD and may not play on all DVD players or drives.
Originally produced in 2010.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD-R; NTSC, widescreen; stereo.
Production Credits
Cinematography, Alan Wilson [and others] ; editors, Chris Hainstock, Mikey Flaherty ; music, Steve McGrath.

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