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The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal And Survival in the High Arctic - Hardcover

McGrath, Melanie

 
9781400040476: The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal And Survival in the High Arctic

Synopsis

Arriving in the Inuit community of Inukjuak, on the east coast of the Hudson Bay, in 1920, Robert Flaherty set about filming his influential film Nanook of the North. After finishing his filming, Flaherty would leave never to return, but the son he fathered, Josephie Flaherty, would remain behind to suffer with his community as they were forcibly moved hundreds of miles north by the Canadian government some 30 years later, not to receive any form of redress until the mid-1990s. This book both describes the making of the movie and the influence it had on perceptions of the Inuit and the fortunes of Robert Flaherty's Inuit descendants as they coped with exile and hardship. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author

Melanie McGrath’s first book, Motel Nirvana, won the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize. Her third book, Silvertown, was short-listed for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography. She is a regular contributor to The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, and the Evening Standard and has produced and presented television shows for Discovery Channel and the UK’s Channel 4. She lives and works in London.

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9781400032884: The Long Exile: The Long Exile: A Tale of Inuit Betrayal and Survival in the High Arctic (Vintage)

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ISBN 10:  1400032881 ISBN 13:  9781400032884
Publisher: Vintage, 2008
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