<I>Man of Aran</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1934
name: label: Directed by
content: Robert Flaherty, American, 1884 - 1951
label: Produced by
content: Sir Michael Balcon, British, 1896 - 1977
label: Written by
content: Robert Flaherty, American, 1884 - 1951
label: Subject of
content: Colman King, Irish, 1900 - 1976
label: Subject of
content: Maggie Dirrane, Irish, 1899 - 1995
label: Subject of
content: Michael Dillane
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A fictional documentary film with the title Man of Aran. It consists of two (2) reels of black-and-white 16mm acetate film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The film uses the experiences of a family with “A Man” (Colman "Tiger" King), “His Wife" (Maggie Dirrane), and "Their Son" (Michael Dillane) to describe life on the Aran Islands. Much of the film is shot on the sea and in one scene the son is seen fishing off the edge of a cliff before climbing down the cliff and watching a shark in the water with its mouth open. In other scenes, the Man and other shark hunters are seen catching sharks out in the open sea.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: County Galway, Ireland, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Folklife
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.110.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: feature films
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 1): 37 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1300 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 38 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1350 Feet