Granton Trawler (1934)
- Directed by
- John Grierson
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 11 min
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 20 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary follows the crew of a fishing trawler as they work at sea. The focus is on the physical labor of hauling nets and processing the catch.
observationalatmosphericrhythmicgrittyminimalistimmersiveearthy
What happens
Granton Trawler was one of the only films that John Grierson directed himself for the Empire Marketing Board/GPO Film Unit. The documentary style film was made in 1934, and was noted for its experimental use of sound without voice over. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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