100th anniversary of first successful documentary feature

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Celebrating 100 years since its theatrical release on June 11, 1922, NANOOK OF THE NORTH continues to be studied as pioneering yet problematic account of Inuit indigenous peoples living in Canada’s North Hudson Bay region at a time in which little was known about their culture. Over the century since its release, the film has been scrutinized for its deceptive mixture of documentary filmmaking and docudrama (a genre that was unheard of at the time), but NANOOK OF THE NORTH was nevertheless the first feature-length “documentary” to secure financial success at the box office, paving the way for future filmmakers, and was one of the first 25 films ever chosen by the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry for preservation in 1989.