Man Of Aran

The influential American documentary pioneer, Robert Flaherty, spent three years making this celebrated film. Life on the Aran islands in the 1930’s was hard. Families were forced to fight against the elements for their livelihoods. It was the custom of the men to await the annual migration of basking sharks. If caught, they would provide a family with enough oil for a year, but to catch them meant setting sail in a flimsy boat. Could it protect the fishermen against the pounding force of the ocean?