Anthropology Assignment
Read the Wikipedia article on Nanook of the North and answer those questions
-Do you agree with the main points presented in the Wikipedia article? What elements or discussion would you add about the film?
-What did you think about the music in terms of the content of the film? Do you think the music is original to the film?
-What were your initial impressions of the Inuit people while viewing the movie and before reading the article?
-Which elements in the film, if any, reflected your personal notions concerning the primitive versus the modern? Think about specific scenes where Nanook is featured.
-What did you think of the scene when Nanook bites the record? Compose your response in relationship to the notion of the "primitive" and Social Darwinism.
-Would you label the film ethnographic, a documentary, an art film, or a combination of these types? Why?