Drifters (1929)

49m
Running Time

November 10, 1929
Release Date

Drifters (1929)

49m
Running Time

November 10, 1929
Release Date

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Plot.

A silent film by John Grierson. It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery.

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Release Date
November 10, 1929

Status
Released

Running Time
49m

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Drifters (1929) is silent documentary film by John Grierson, his first and only personal film.

It tells the story of Britain's North Sea herring fishery. The film's style has been described as being a "response to avant-garde, Modernist films, adopting formal techniques such as montage – constructive editing emphasising the rhythmic juxtaposition of images – but also aimed to make a socially directed commentary on its subject" (Tate Gallery: Liverpool 2006). The film was successful both critically and commercially and helped kick off Grierson's documentary film movement. This film also showed that Grierson was not afraid to alter reality slightly in order to have his vision shown. For example, when the boat he was on returned without a catch he bought another boats catch and tried to fake it. He ended up scrapping that film as it was not authentic enough.

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