Watch Grandma Despina (1905) Online

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. Read More

Watch Grandma Despina online. Featuring Baba Despina, Grandma Despina is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 4.8. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Macedonia and was released on 1905. Grandma Despina was directed by Janaki Manaki,Milton Manaki. Read Less