Robert Flaherty's acclaimed 1934 documentary MAN OF ARAN has undergone a new full digital restoration and is now available on DVD.
The film is also back on the big screen for an exclusive cinema presentation at the Irish Film Institute, Dublin until 17 March.
The influential American documentary pioneer, Robert Flaherty, spent three years making this celebrated film. Life off the western coast of Ireland 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?
DVD extras include:
Documentary - 'How The Myth Was Made'
Short Film - 'Return Of the Islander'
Flaherty Short Films - 'The English Potter' & 'Industrial Britain'
Outtakes discovered at the IFI Irish Film Archive
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