An American elementary school program from the 1970s, Man: A Course of Study (MACOS), looked to the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic to help students see their own society in a new way. At its core was The Netsilik Film Series, an acclaimed benchmark of visual anthropology from the National Film Board that captured a year in the life of an Inuit family, reconstructing an ancient culture on the cusp of contact with the outside world. But the graphic images of the Netsilik people created a clash of values that tore rifts in communities across the U.S. and revealed a fragile relationship between politics and education. A fiery national debate ensued between academic and conservative forces.
Canada
Documentary
55 minutes
Charles Laird
ONF | NFB
1960
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2020
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2016
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1985
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2016
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1971
6.7
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2013
6.8
2004
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2020
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2005
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2019
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1987
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2013
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2018
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1980
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2008
6.5
2023
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