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The Film We Can't See

Adam Zmith has found some lost sound recordings from 1930. As he listens to this archive of intriguing noises, he imagines a film that could have changed the world.

Radio 4 Extra,7 episodes

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Introducing The Film We Can’t See: a lost film that could have changed the world
Can lost sounds from 1930 help us to imagine a film that could have changed the world?
07 Jul 2022,1 min
1. Sixteen Names and a Box of Sounds
An unexpected call leads Adam Zmith into an old cinema to rediscover a lost sound archive
13 Jul 2022,49 mins
2. Three Bent Bodies in a Bar One Night
Adam’s old sounds connect three cinema pioneers whose film could have changed the world
19 Jul 2022,49 mins
3. Sexual Hate And Other Mysteries
Adam’s imagined film turns towards 1920s starlet Louise Brooks and the power of sex
26 Jul 2022,51 mins
4. Gossip, Revolution and a Censored Kiss
The lost sounds inspire memory of censored films and a rediscovery of actor Paul Robeson
02 Aug 2022,49 mins
5. For Sale: Intimacy and Infamy
When Adam listens to the final, dirty sound recording, So reveals a personal truth
10 Aug 2022,42 mins
6: We Imagine With Our Bodies
When the sound archive disappears again, Adam discovers the power of imagination
16 Aug 2022,31 mins