List of the best Robert J. Flaherty movies: Nanook of the North(1922), Man of Aran(1934), Moana(1926), Louisiana Story(1948) ... ...
Documentary
USA|France
1922
79 Minutes
Director
Nyla Cunayou Allee Allegoo Berry Kroeger
inuit father mother baby spirited striking arctic quebec survival native people family fishing hunting quest discovery 1920s
In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, film-maker Robert J. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of Nanook and his family, Inuits living in the Arctic Circle.
Documentary
UK
1934
74 Minutes
Director
Colman "Tiger" King Maggie Dirrane Michael Dillane Pat Mullin
fisherman farmer wife son bleak striking ireland island aran islands survival farming family poverty fishing discovery sacrifice 1930s
In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
Documentary
USA
1926
77 Minutes
Director
Filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty presents a docufictional account of a family living in a Samoan village in the early 1920s.
Documentary
USA
1948
77 Minutes
Director
Joseph Boudreaux Lionel Le Blanc Mrs. E. Bienvenu Frank Hardy C.P. Guedry
young boy father mother oil driller calm louisiana bayou oil drilling platform family home oil family childhood business growing up transformation 1940s
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his home.