Journey to Saint James: A Pilgrim’s Guide, 1993

Follow a pilgrimage across Europe to the shrine of Saint James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. This short documentary presents words and stories of twelfth-century pilgrims over beautiful footage of the contemporary countryside, linking the Romanesque monuments of northern Spain to the spiritual and emotional experience of the pilgrimage. Directed by Jerrilynn Dodds, the film was produced to accompany a 1995 exhibition on the art of medieval Spain—but it was canceled just three weeks before it was supposed to open.

As part of The Met’s 150th anniversary in 2020, each month we will release three to four films from the Museum’s extensive moving-image archive, which comprises over 1,500 films, both made and collected by the Museum, from the 1920s onward. This includes rarely seen artist profiles and documentaries, as well as process films about art-making techniques and behind-the-scenes footage of the Museum.

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