Grandma Despina
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.
- Year: 1905
- Country: Macedonia
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio:
- Keyword: silent film, grandmother
- Director: Janaki Manaki, Milton Manaki
- Cast: Baba Despina