9 mins., b&w, sound – voice-over commentary and titles in Swedish.
Production : Svensk Filmindustri and Nordisk Film.
This film was made in the Seychelles as a side trip from the expedition that Paul Fejos made to Madagascar in 1935. The subject of the film is the many uses to which the coconut palm may be put. Although it is beautifully shot and offers a number of idyllic scenes, there is very little on the social and cultural significance of the coconut tree and as such, it is a film of limited ethnographicness.
Text : Andersen (2017)