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The Weavers (1905 film)
Short silent documentary film from the Balkans, 1905 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Weavers[1] or Grandmother Despina is a short silent, black and white documentary film made in 1905 by the Balkan film pioneers the Manaki brothers in the small Aromanian village of Avdella (Aromanian: Avdhela), in the Ottoman vilayet of Monastir presently modern Greece. It is about 60 seconds long and depicts the Manakis' aunts and 114-year-old grandmother Despina spinning and weaving.[2][3][4] It was originally called "Our 114-year-old grandmother at work weaving", but has come to be known as The Weavers.[5]
It is believed to be the first film shot anywhere in the Ottoman Balkans.[6]
The film was shot with 35 mm film with an Urban Bioscope movie camera (serial number 300) imported from London.[6]
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Appropriation
An extract from the film appears at the beginning of Theo Angelopoulos's 1995 film Ulysses' Gaze.
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