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Minik [videorecording] : the lost Eskimo / WGBH, Boston ; a film by Axel Engstfeld ; reversioned by Susan Bellows.

Engstfeld, Axel, 1953- (Added Author). Bellows, Susan. (Added Author). Morton, Joe, 1947- (Narrator). WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) (Added Author). WGBH Educational Foundation. (Added Author). PBS Home Video. (Added Author).

Summary:

In 1897, six Eskimos arrived in New York City, brought as the "exotic cargo" of explorer Robert Peary from Greenland. The youngest of the group was 7-year-old Minik, who struggled to create a home and identity thousands of miles from his native land.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0793694329
  • ISBN: 9780793694327
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sound, black and white color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ; c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Film originally produced by Engstfeld Film GmbH, c2005.
Broadcast as an episode of the PBS television program American experience.
Special feature: teacher's guide PDF.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editors, James Rutenbeck, Josef van Ooyen ; director of photography, Hans Jakobi ; composer, Hans Günter Wagener.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator, Joe Morton.
System Details Note:
DVD; Region 1; widescreen; 5.1 surround sound.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Subject:
Wallace, Minik.
Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920.
Inuit > New York (State) > New York.
Inuit > Greenland > Qaanaaq > Biography.
Polar Eskimos > Biography.
Ethnology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Greenland > Discovery and exploration.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration.
Genre:
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Biographical television programs.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library DVD 399 E 99 .E7 M655 2008 278326 DVD Available -