The Way of the Eskimo
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The Way of the Eskimo is a lost 1911 American silent drama film that portrayed the Inuit or "Eskimo" culture of northeastern Canada along the coast of Labrador.[2] Directed by William V. Mong and produced by Selig Polyscope Company, this "photoplay" was based on a love story written by Columbia Eneutseak, a young Inuit woman who was born in the United States in 1893, in the "Esquimaux Village" exhibition at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.[3][4][lower-alpha 1] She, fellow Inuit performer Zacharias Zad, and William Mong costarred in the film with a supporting cast that included members of Columbia's immediate family and other Inuit players. While this production was promoted in 1911 as being filmed on location in northern Canada, it was actually shot that year at the snow-covered port town of Escanaba, Michigan, along a frozen stretch of shoreline of Little Bay de Noc, which connects to Lake Michigan.[5]
The Way of the Eskimo | |
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Directed by | William V. Mong |
Written by | Columbia Eneutseak (story) William V. Mong (scenario) |
Produced by | William N. Selig |
Starring | Columbia Enuteseak Zacharias Zad William V. Mong |
Production companies | Selig Polyscope Company, Chicago, Illinois |
Distributed by | The General Film Company |
Release date | July 17, 1911 |
Running time | 995 feet (14-15 minutes)[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
No copies of the motion picture are listed among the holdings of major film repositories in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, or in the European Union.[6][7] It is therefore currently classified as lost.