Tag: Nanook of the North

  • All American Documentaries Should Follow This 2023 Movie’s Lead

    All American Documentaries Should Follow This 2023 Movie’s Lead

    American cinema functions in the shadow of a deeply racist past. Works that normalized the idea of using filmmaking to other and dehumanize marginalized groups, like The Birth of a Nation, have proven enduringly influential on this medium well into the modern world. American documentaries are no exception to this. Documentaries in this country are…

  • Lockdown watch: Nick Broomfield on The Grinch, Pets and Pink Panther

    Lockdown watch: Nick Broomfield on The Grinch, Pets and Pink Panther

    The documentary-maker is locked down with a seven-year-old which means that family films edge out Citizen KaneRead all the other Lockdown watch choicesThe best arts and entertainment during self-isolationI wish I could send over a list of all the great films I am catching up with during the lockdown: Citizen Kane, Nanook of the North,…