Robert Flaherty Movies
- 1922

Nanook of the North
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This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production...
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- 1931

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
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On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief declares the girl a sacred virgin.
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- 1942

Why We Fight: Prelude to War
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Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was...
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- 1937

Elephant Boy
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In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
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- 1928

White Shadows in the South Seas
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An alcoholic doctor on a Polynesian island, disgusted by white exploitation of the natives, finds himself marooned on a pristinely beautiful island.
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- 1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
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The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and...
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- 1926

Moana
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In the South Seas, Samoan village life is portrayed with a painterly eye. Blending ethnographic detail with a romanticized 'Gauguin idyll', the film...
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- 1943

Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
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The second film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series. It introduces Germany as a nation whose aggressive ambitions began in 1863 with...
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- 1934

Man of Aran
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A documentary on the life of the people of the Aran Islands, who were believed to contain the essence of the ancient Irish life, represented by a...
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- 1983

A Letter to Freddy Buache
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This short film is Godard’s message to the people of Lausanne, specifically journalist and critic Freddy Buache, addressing his reasons why he...
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- 1943

It's All True
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An unfinished omnibus film project by Orson Welles exploring Latin American life through documentary and dramatized non-fiction.
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- 1948

Louisiana Story
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Cajun boy Alexander Napoleon Ulysses LaTour lives with his family and his beloved pet raccoon in the Louisiana bayou. When his father allows an oil...
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- 1950

The Titan: Story of Michelangelo
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The life and works of the great artist Michelangelo Buonarroti are shown against the historical background of his time. Comprises his earliest...
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- 1935

A Night of Storytelling
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A well known storyteller, Tomas O' Diorain tells tales of the sea around a fire in an old Irish cottage. His storytelling is juxtaposed with images...
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- 2025

Cast of Shadows
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Sami van Ingen continues to explore the Flaherty film family with Cast of Shadows, which questions how much memories, images and end credits can lie.
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- 2023

Monica in the South Seas
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Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty, and seemingly the sole member of the family...
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- 1931

Industrial Britain
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Developed from John Grierson's opportunistic recruitment of the well-known director and anthropologist Robert Flaherty, Industrial Britain provides a...
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- 1927

Twenty-Four Dollar Island
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A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.
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- 1942

The Land
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The least typical, least known, and most controversial of director Flaherty's films depicts a vast and vague territory across the southern and...
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- 2010

A Boatload of Wild Irishmen
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Robert Flaherty is credited with being the father of the modern documentary after making "Nanook of the North" and classics such as "Man of Aran" and...
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