{"product_id":"robert-and-frances-flaherty-9780773528765","title":"Robert and Frances Flaherty","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Flaherty''s groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eNanook of the North\u003c\/i\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003eNanook\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 Drawing from the unpublished diaries of Flaherty and his wife, Frances, Robert Christopher''s biography fills in crucial background in the emergence of a documentary film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.\u003cbr\u003ePrevious biographical emphasis on \u003ci\u003eNanook\u003c\/i\u003e has not only obscured Flaherty''s early career but also neglected the critical contributions Frances made to his development as an artist. \u003ci\u003eRobert and Frances Flaherty\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eFrom iron prospector to photographer to filmmaker, Flaherty''s early life is situa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book is indispensable for anyone with an interest in Robert Flaherty.\" Jay Ruby, professor of anthropology, Temple University \" ... Christopher's book should be a treat for fans of travel-writing and cinema alike.\"--Sight and Sound, July 2006\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McGill-Queen's University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037939925335,"sku":"9780773528765","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780773528765.jpg?v=1750938265","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/robert-and-frances-flaherty-9780773528765","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}