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Robert and Frances FlahertyA Documentary Life, 1883-1922 |
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The early careers of acclaimed documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty and his wife, Frances, deepen our understanding of the classic film Nanook of the North.
Robert Flaherty's groundbreaking Nanook of the North (1922) - the chronicle of one year in the life of an Inuit hunter and his family in the Hudson Bay region - was the first full-length anthropological documentary in cinematic history. Before Nanook, Flaherty endured a number of failures, disappointments, and false starts. Drawing from the unpublished diaries of Flaherty and his wife, Frances, Robert Christopher's biography fills in crucial background in the emergence of a documentary film legend.
Previous biographical emphasis on Nanook has not only obscured Flaherty's early career but also neglected the critical contributions Frances made to his development as an artist. Robert and Frances Flaherty charts her transformation from a Bryn Mawr bluestocking to the partner of a frontier explorer and offers her unique perspective as his collaborator and publicist.
From iron prospector to photographer to filmmaker, Flaherty's early life is situated in the context of his explorations of the Canadian north and its peoples, the development of modern cinema, the rise of modernism, and his association with significant figures such as Alfred Adler, Franz Boas, Edward Curtis, and Alfred Steiglitz.
Previous biographical emphasis on Nanook has not only obscured Flaherty's early career but also neglected the critical contributions Frances made to his development as an artist. Robert and Frances Flaherty charts her transformation from a Bryn Mawr bluestocking to the partner of a frontier explorer and offers her unique perspective as his collaborator and publicist.
From iron prospector to photographer to filmmaker, Flaherty's early life is situated in the context of his explorations of the Canadian north and its peoples, the development of modern cinema, the rise of modernism, and his association with significant figures such as Alfred Adler, Franz Boas, Edward Curtis, and Alfred Steiglitz.
Details
Part of the McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies (number 45 in series)
472 Pages, 6 x 9
46 b&w photographs
ISBN 9780773528765
September 2005
Formats: Cloth, eBook
"This book is indispensable for anyone with an interest in Robert Flaherty." Jay Ruby, professor of anthropology, Temple University
Robert J. Christopher is professor of literature, School of American and International Studies, Ramapo College, New Jersey.
Illustrations and Maps
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1 The Boy from Iron Mountain
“The Islands That Were Not There,” 1884-1904
2 The Violin, Camera, and Canoe
Diary of Exploration of Lake Nipigon Region,
Northern Ontario, 7 September - 5 October 1906
3 From Bryn Mawr to Lake Nipigon
Diary of the First Mackenzie Expedition,
5 August 1910 - 14 March 1911
4 Through Canada’s Northland
Diary of the Second Mackenzie Expedition,
6 June 1911 - 8 August 1912
5 Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Diary of the Third Mackenzie Expedition,
15 June 1913 - 3 October 1914
6 Frances and the Book of the Heart
Diary of Frances Hubbard Flaherty,
17 December 1914 - 22 February 1916
7 Flaherty Island
Diary of the Fourth Mackenzie Expedition,
11 August 1915 - 21 September 1916
8 Nanook of the Barren Lands
The Port Harrison Diary,
August 1920 - August 1921
9 Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1 The Boy from Iron Mountain
“The Islands That Were Not There,” 1884-1904
2 The Violin, Camera, and Canoe
Diary of Exploration of Lake Nipigon Region,
Northern Ontario, 7 September - 5 October 1906
3 From Bryn Mawr to Lake Nipigon
Diary of the First Mackenzie Expedition,
5 August 1910 - 14 March 1911
4 Through Canada’s Northland
Diary of the Second Mackenzie Expedition,
6 June 1911 - 8 August 1912
5 Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
Diary of the Third Mackenzie Expedition,
15 June 1913 - 3 October 1914
6 Frances and the Book of the Heart
Diary of Frances Hubbard Flaherty,
17 December 1914 - 22 February 1916
7 Flaherty Island
Diary of the Fourth Mackenzie Expedition,
11 August 1915 - 21 September 1916
8 Nanook of the Barren Lands
The Port Harrison Diary,
August 1920 - August 1921
9 Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Paperback
Finalist
Theatre Library Association Award
Theatre Library Association (2006)
Theatre Library Association Award
Theatre Library Association (2006)
