Nanook of the North

Release date: Jun 11, 1922

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.

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Nanook

Nanook's Wife - the Smiling One

Cunayou - Nanook's Daughter

Allegoo - Nanook's Son

Allee - Nanook's Son

Narrator (1939 Re-release) (uncredited)

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