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The Song of Ceylon is a British film of genre Documentary released in USA on 15 august 1937

The Song of Ceylon (1934)

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Released in USA 15 august 1937
Length 38minutes
Rating61% 3.096393.096393.096393.096393.09639

The Song of Ceylon is a 1934 British documentary film directed by Basil Wright and produced by John Grierson for the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board.

The film was shot on location in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) at the start of 1934 and completed at the GPO film studios in Blackheath, London.

Digitized versions of the film are available to watch online on YouTube and via the Colonial Film: Moving Images of the British Empire website. See the links below.

The YouTube version is low quality in comparison to the version on the Colonial Film site.

A DVD version of the film is available from the British Film Institute as part of their award winning GPO DVD series.

Synopsis

Ambitious documentary chronicling the cultural life and religious customs of the Sinhalese and the effects of advanced industrialism on such customs.

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