The Film We Can't See Podcast
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.
Episodes to download
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6: We Imagine With Our Bodies
Tue 16 Aug 2022
When the sound archive disappears again, Adam discovers the power of imagination
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5. For Sale: Intimacy and Infamy
Wed 10 Aug 2022
When Adam listens to the final, dirty sound recording, So reveals a personal truth
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4. Gossip, Revolution and a Censored Kiss
Tue 2 Aug 2022
The lost sounds inspire memory of censored films and a rediscovery of actor Paul Robeson
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3. Sexual Hate And Other Mysteries
Tue 26 Jul 2022
Adam’s imagined film turns towards 1920s starlet Louise Brooks and the power of sex
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2. Three Bent Bodies in a Bar One Night
Tue 19 Jul 2022
Adam’s old sounds connect three cinema pioneers whose film could have changed the world
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1. Sixteen Names and a Box of Sounds
Wed 13 Jul 2022
An unexpected call leads Adam Zmith into an old cinema to rediscover a lost sound archive
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Introducing The Film We Can’t See: a lost film that could have changed the world
Thu 7 Jul 2022
Can lost sounds from 1930 help us to imagine a film that could have changed the world?
