Crossing the Great Sagrada

Crossing the Great Sagrada

Production country: 
gb
Year: 
1924
Duration: 
15 min
Edition: 
2013
Format: 
film/video
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Crossing the Great Sagrada (1924) is a low-budget independent short made by Adrian Brunel. The film is a humorous spoof of a travelogue film; its title is a play on Crossing the Great Sahara (1924), a travel film made by Angus Buchanan. Travel films were popular in the 1920s, documenting foreign cultures in a way that tended to reflect imperial, nationalist and often racist stereotypes. Brunel sends up many of the conventions of the genre familiar to audiences.

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