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Nanook of the North
A year at the edge of the Arctic.
Robert Flaherty's landmark portrait of an Inuit family's year on the Hudson Bay coast: hunting, travel and building an igloo against the Arctic cold.
Directed by Robert J. Flaherty · Featuring Allakariallak
Content note: Real animal hunting; some scenes were staged by the filmmaker.
Why this film is free to watch
It was published in 1922. In the United States, films published in 1930 or earlier are now in the public domain, so they belong to everyone.
It is a silent film: the story is told in pictures and title cards. Haukley plays it as it was released, so some copies have a music track and some play in silence.
Learn more about it on Wikipedia.
