In 1922 the first documentary in the genre sense came on the big screen, "Nanook of the North" (1922). Kabloonak is the story of the making of this movie for which the story was partially staged by his director 'Robert Flaherty'.
Acting
Charles Dance's Flaherty is all charming ego and creeping guilt.
Cinematography
The white void of Nunavik swallows everything — gorgeous and hostile.
Writing
No heroes, no villains — just complicity and frozen shame.
Director
Claude Massot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Nanook died of starvation two years after filming; Flaherty knew and kept shooting. HEAVY
Flaherty's actual footage was so compromised by warmth that he had to develop it by mouth, thawing the reels with his own breath. LIGHT
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