Mush! to the Movies: a Polar Film Club - The Eskimo Baby
Das Eskimobaby
Mush! to the Movies! Is a selection of films spanning over 90 years of glacial activity and handpicked by Filmforum's Director Adam Hyman and members of The Velaslavasay Panorama. The series will feature six events with free popcorn offered to all in the Nova Tuskhut, an installation of the only Arctic Trading Post on the North American Continent, located on the grounds of the Velaslavasay Panorama. Attendees will be given a unique souvenir Polar Passport and those who attend all six screenings will receive a surprise gift and a chance to win a night’s stay in The Nova Tuskhut! Additional conviviality and time in the lovely Panorama garden also included!
NOTE THE CHANGE FROM OUR REGULAR LOCATION!
All Screenings Cost: $10.00 General Admission
(Ticket Link To Be Announced, check www.panoramaonview.org for details)
**Free tickets with advance RSVP for current Los Angeles Filmforum Members and Members of The Velaslavasay Panorama Enthusiast Society.** Contact the secretary to RSVP event@panoramaonview.org
More information at 213-746-2166 or www.panoramaonview.org
Das Eskimobaby (The Eskimo Baby / Le Bébé Eskimo)
Das Eskimobaby (The Eskimo Baby / Le Bébé Eskimo)
Germany, 1918, 65 min., B&W, Digital Projection
Directed by Heinz Schall
Silent with score by Maud Nelissen
This rare, winning German silent film stars comedy diva Asta Nielsen as Ivigtut, and Freddy Wingardh as a young polar explorer, Knud Prätorius (whose character is, perhaps, modeled on Danish explorer and anthropologist Knud Rasmusen). Prätorius brings Ivigtut back home with him to Berlin from her Eskimo village, where she experiences a confounding and comical Western culture.
Eskimo Hunters of Northwest Alaska
Eskimo Hunters of Northwest Alaska
USA, 1949, 20 min. B&W, digital projection
Director: W. K. Norton, Production Company: Louis De Rochemont Associates
A fine introduction to the activities of Eskimos in the late 1940s; something to contrast with Nanook of the North, screening at the next meeting of the Polar Film Club!
In the frozen, barren wastes of Northwest Alaska, life is hard. Those who survive the rugged terrain and unforgiving climate learn to make the most use out of their surroundings and availability food. “Eskimo Hunters in Northwestern Alaska,” is narrated by a young boy who is part of a family of Eskimos. He takes the viewer through a tour of daily life, covering everything from what their house is made of, how they get goods at the trading center, and most of all, the hunting techniques passed down from father to son for centuries.