Drifters
John Grierson / GB, 1929 / 40 min.
Drifters sketches the harsh lives of Scottish herring fishers through expressive camerawork. Director John Grierson is the founding father of the realistic British Documentary Film Movement; screens as a counterpart to Leviathan by artists Paravel & Castaing-Taylor. Live accompaniment by Martin de Ruiter.
Black-and-white footage of gnarled fishermen in the harbour of Scottish fishing village Hannan Voe. The men board the fishing vessels and leave the harbour; a ship bobs on the rough waves of the North Sea, in search of a good catch of herring. A storm gets up and the nets are brought in; upon their return, the herring are unloaded and dispatched to the shops by train and boat.
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Director
John Grierson
Production year
1929
Country
GB
Original title
Drifters
Length
40 min.
Language
none
Subtitles
ENG
Format
35mm
Part of
Paravel & Castaing-Taylor
Eye Filmmuseum presents Cosmic Realism, the first retrospective featuring the works of Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor. Trained as anthropologists, they merge anthropology, documentaries, and visual arts in their craft. The exhibition takes the viewer past seven immersive installations in which the development of the makers can be followed.
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