Birth of the Documentary
In the Land of the Headhunters (1914)
by Edwin S. Curtis
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Curtis Collection at Northwestern University
Nanook of the North (1922)
by Robert J. Flaherty
1 hr 18 min 25 sec
Documents one year in the life of Nanook, an Eskimo (Inuit) and his family. Describes the trading, hunting, fishing and migrations of a group barely touched by industrial technology. Nanook of the North was widely shown and praised as the first full-length, anthropological documentary in cinematographic history.
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Кино-глаз (Kino Glaz, Cinema Eye)
Directed by Dziga Vertov
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