The influential American documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty spent three years making this celebrated film. Life on the island of Aran in the 1930's was hard. Families were forced to fight against the elements for their livelihoods. It was the custom of the men to await the annual migration of basking sharks. If caught they would provide a family with enough oil for a year but to catch them meant setting sail in a flimsy boat. Could it protect the fishermen against the pounding force of the ocean? The feature has undergone a new full digital restoration and the release contains a host of extra features including the documentary 'How The Myth Was Made' Short Film 'Return Of the Islander' (25 minutes) Short Films by Robert J. Flaherty: 'The English Potter' and 'Industrial Britain' Outtake footage found at the Irish Film Archive and an image gallery.
Take the plunge and enter another world. Sparse scenery and dialogue, this truly atmospheric film invites you to the Isle of Aran off the coast of Western Ireland and once there, you just don't want to leave. Beautifully paced, you will be absorbed into the islanders' lives & emerge cleansed of all the stresses.
Outstanding African wildlife photography and a bravura performance by thirteen year-old Sabu combine to create a hauntingly beautiful film from Oscar-nominated director Robert J. Flaherty. Little Toomai longs to be a great hunter like his father who he accompanies on a government expedition to hunt for wild elephants. The other hunters teasingly tell him that he must first see the legendary Elephant's Dance. Then tragedy strikes - Toomai's father is killed by a tiger and Kala Nag
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