Nanook of the North

Two things the filmmaker did that were controversial, were staging some scenes, and having the inuits use techniques that weren't true to how they actually hunted. Staging some scenes in a documentary is very controversial because it isn't as genuine as if it occurred naturally. Also, since he had the Inuits using harpoons instead of the rifles they actually used, it played a false reality. I believe that the film was still authentic in a sense after reading this article, because he still used Inuits in his casting, and showed off the skills that they had, and the sense of community that was there. This film is so famous because it was one of the first documentaries. It also made people debate on what exactly a documentary was.