Robert Flaherty was one of the greatest observers of humanity to use a camera, and this exciting account of Eskimo life, though his earliest, is possibly his finest achievement.
In the frozen wastes of the North, life for Nanook is basically simple, but a never-ending struggle against nature to keep his family fed and clothed. Despite this, Nanook is one of the happiest people Flaherty ever filmed.
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