Man of Aran

Duration: 1:17:00

Genre: Documentary

Year Published: 1934

Creator: CRM/McGraw-Hill Films: Publisher | Gainsborough Pictures Ltd: Presenter | Gainsborough Studios: With the Cooperation of | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Texture Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Robert Flaherty's classic documentary showing the life of a family on one of the Aran islands west of Ireland. Powerful impressionistic realism reveals the austere life in this rugged environment., Robert Flaherty's documentary about the struggle for existence against the elements made by the people living on the islands of Aran off the coast of Western Ireland.

Complete Record: , A documentary about the struggle for existence of fishermen on the bleak Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland. , Documents the continuous struggle the people of Aran face in order to survive on these islands off the shore of western Ireland. Shows how these people, despite the lack of soil on the island, have used seaweed and soil from rock crevices to make artifical soil in order to grow food. Dramatizes the skill of the men in their struggle to capture the giant sharks which inhabit the waters surrounding the islands and shows how oil is extracted from the shark and used as fuel by the natives. Directed by Robert Flaherty., , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.