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Grandma Despina (1905)
This scene is a part of the very first film shot produced by the Manaki Brothers. Despina, the Janaki and Milton Manaki's grandmother, was recorded weaving in one high-angle shot. For no apparent reason, the first shot made in Macedonia, in the Balkans in fact, made by these two cinematography pioneers, contains peculiar symbolics: at the moment when the grandmother Despina spins the weaving wheel, film starts rolling in our country.
Genres:
Documentary,
Short
Keywords: tmdb.silent-film,
tmdb.grandmother,
mdblist.imdb-short,
mdblist.one-actor,
imdb.1900s,
imdb.grandmother,
imdb.female-protagonistimdb.ottoman-empire
Country: Macedonia
Languages:
No Language,
Macedonian
Runtime: 1 min.
Released: Nov. 2, 1905
Status: Released
Certification: NR
