Canary Island Bananas

Overview

A short documentary made by Richard Leacock at the age of fourteen on his father’s banana plantation in the Canary Islands. Inspired by Soviet industrial films such as Turksib, the film traces the planting, harvesting, and preparation of bananas for shipment, using fluid pans and tilts to organize labor into a continuous visual sequence. Often cited as Leacock’s earliest completed film, it attracted the attention of Robert Flaherty and foreshadowed Leacock’s later observational documentary style.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 10, 1935

Original language

English

Director

Richard Leacock

Writer

Richard Leacock

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0237071