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Minik : the lost Eskimo
Title
Minik : the lost Eskimo / WGBH, Boston ; a film by Axel Engstfeld ; reversioned by Susan Bellows.
ISBN
0793694329
9780793694327
Published
Boston : WGBH Educational Foundation ; [Place of publication not identified] : PBS Home Video [distributor], ©2008.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, black and white & color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
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.
Editors, James Rutenbeck, Josef van Ooyen ; director of photography, Hans Jakobi ; composer, Hans Günter Wagener.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
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.
Variant and related titles
Lost Eskimo
American experience (Television program)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 30, 2017
Credits
Editors, James Rutenbeck, Josef van Ooyen ; director of photography, Hans Jakobi ; composer, Hans Günter Wagener.
Performers
Narrator, Joe Morton.
System details note
DVD; Region 1; widescreen; 5.1 surround sound.
Videorecording number
AMX62006 WGBH Educational Foundation
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographical television programs.
Biography.
History.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Biographical television programs.
Biographical (Nonfiction) - Television.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
WGBH Educational Foundation.
PBS Home Video.
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