To me there were good and bad things about the documentary Greath North. The positives things are the stunning cinematography of the landscapes of the Arctic, the wildlife images of the caribou and other animals and the informative narrating about everything concerning this isolated region of the world. I watched it on my big screen television so I can imagine it must be even more impressive in an IMAX theater. But I'm a vegetarian and so I don't like to watch animal abuse or killings, so the part about the long-standing Inuit traditions and their ways to get food to survive is just not a thing I find interesting to watch. I get that they need to find food but watching them killing a seal or watching men hearding reindeers into a coral to mark them isn't a thing I enjoyed. So it will just be a one time viewing for me.
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Great lesson regarding cultural evolution...stable not static
acaltomare20 January 2022
First, "animal abuse" is not the same as killing an animal for food. According to PETA, Humane Society, WWF, and the. Woodstock Sanctuary, societies (especially those in Native cultures) that rely on animals for food, are absolved from any censure and are not to be judged as "killers" or "abusers." Therefore, showing their culture, their care for keeping the herd alive, protecting them, only taking a limited amount of animals for personal use (along with using 100% of the animal) is considered "humane." Therefore, the previous reviewer should have empathy for our human brothers that are attempting to live as their ancestors did thousands of years ago, while surviving in a modern society, which is the essence of this film.
Being a sociologist (and vegetarian), I can respect the culture of others and applaude the efforts that the Inuit and the Sami take to carry on, as well as pass down, traditionall ways of living while using modern "tools" to sustain themselves, such as motorcycles, helicoptors, cell phones, etc... Seeing how "Nanook (Nanuk) of the North"s offspring have fared from the original film was interesting. I remember seeing the 1932 film in social studies classes in the 1960/70s public schools. This film truly needs to be accessible digitally for teacher's (such as myself) to provide access to our students who are virtual. I found it on a "DailyMotion" site but it was filled with adverts.
I would recommend this to anyone wanting to see how cultures can be stable (as in the Inuit/Sami seen here) but are not static...ever changing and adapting for survival.
Being a sociologist (and vegetarian), I can respect the culture of others and applaude the efforts that the Inuit and the Sami take to carry on, as well as pass down, traditionall ways of living while using modern "tools" to sustain themselves, such as motorcycles, helicoptors, cell phones, etc... Seeing how "Nanook (Nanuk) of the North"s offspring have fared from the original film was interesting. I remember seeing the 1932 film in social studies classes in the 1960/70s public schools. This film truly needs to be accessible digitally for teacher's (such as myself) to provide access to our students who are virtual. I found it on a "DailyMotion" site but it was filled with adverts.
I would recommend this to anyone wanting to see how cultures can be stable (as in the Inuit/Sami seen here) but are not static...ever changing and adapting for survival.
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