Song of Ceylon
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The Song of Ceylon is a 1934 British documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 directed by Basil Wright
Basil Wright
Basil Wright, , was a documentary filmmaker, film historian, film critic and teacher.-Biography:...

and produced by John Grierson for the Ceylon Tea Propaganda Board.

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.

A DVD version of the film is available from the British Film Institute.

Plot summary

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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