 | Robert and Frances Flaherty: A Documentary Life, 1883-1922 Subjects: Flaherty Robert J. 1884-1951; Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography; Flaherty Robert J. 1884-1951 -- Diaries; Flaherty Frances Hubbard -- Diaries; Motion picture producers and directors -- United states -- Diaries; Robert Flaherty's groundbreaking Nanook of the North (1922) was the first full-length anthropological documentary in cinematic history. Drawing from the unpublished diaries of Flaherty and his wife, Frances, Robert Christopher's biography fills in crucial background in the emergence of a documentary film legend. Christopher Robert J. : Robert J. Christopher is professor of literature, School of American and International Studies, Ramapo College, New Jersey.Robert J. Christopher is professor of literature, School of American and International Studies, Ramapo College, New Jersey. |
