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21c & LFS Monthly Film Series: Nanook of the North with a live, improvised
soundtrack from Sapat
Tuesday, November 18, 8pm
in gallery 2, off the atrium
Free and open to the public
Running time of the film is 79 minutes
21c & LFS Monthly Film Series has decided not only to screen what is considered
the first full length documentary, but to host Louisville's own Sapat to make an
original soundtrack specially for the viewing. This month, there will only be one
screening at 8pm, so please get your refreshments early and claim your seat.
About Nanook of the North
"When Robert Flaherty proposed filming an Inuit hunter and his family for a
year, following them from igloo to igloo and from kill to kill in the harsh Arctic
waste, no American movie company was willing to finance the project. In the end,
the French furrier Revillon Frères backed the project, and the American branch of
the French film company Pathé agreed to distribute it. The result was a film
that may fairly be described as the foundation of the documentary genre. Nanook
of the North went far beyond the actualities and travelogues of early cinema
to present something new, a fictionalized version of a real person's life. Taking
his cues from successful Hollywood films, Flaherty blended realistic and beautifully
composed images with a loose narrative and a strong central character. While not,
strictly speaking, an objective record of actual events, the work that emerged was
nevertheless true to the spirit of the life it was trying to convey. Ever since
Nanook of the North premiered, documentary filmmakers have been grappling
with issues of objectivity versus subjectivity and reality versus invention that
the film (unintentionally) raised."
—In Still Moving: The Film and Media Collections of the Museum of Modern Art
by Steve Higgins
About Sapat
Sapat was founded as a revolving door band of Louisville musicians that at one time
consisted of over 70 members. Considered a free-form, multi-discipline, multi-instrumental
collective, this innovative collaboration is not to be missed!
21c is proud to partner with the Louisville Film Society in the continuing Monthly
Film Series since August of 2007. LFS is a publicly supported non-profit organization.
Support comes from memberships, event admission, advertisement, contributions, donated
materials, and services. For more information about the LFS, please visit visit
www.louisvillefilm.org.
21c Monthly Film Series is funded by:
