The Film We Can't See

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BBC Radio 4 Extra

Adam Zmith has found some lost sound recordings from 1930. As he listens to this archive of intriguing noises, he imagines a... more

6: We Imagine With Our Bodies

The sound archive from 1930 is about to be auctioned to mysterious bidders. The sounds are linked to extraordinary film... more

16 Aug 2022 · 31 minutes

5. For Sale: Intimacy and Infamy

The creative but awkward dynamic between writer Adam Zmith and actor Anton Blake Horowitz blows up. They are trying to... more

10 Aug 2022 · 42 minutes

4. Gossip, Revolution and a Censored Kiss

Adam’s investigation into the lost sound archive prompts him to watch Mädchen in Uniform, a lesbian high school dramedy from... more

02 Aug 2022 · 49 minutes

3. Sexual Hate And Other Mysteries

Adam travels back in time to Weimar era Berlin, when the American actor Louise Brooks danced through the experimental cinema... more

26 Jul 2022 · 51 minutes

2. Three Bent Bodies in a Bar One Night

Adam goes deeper into the Rio Cinema archives with researcher So Mayer. They find more work by the pioneering filmmaker... more

19 Jul 2022 · 49 minutes

1. Sixteen Names and a Box of Sounds

When a meandering phone call from a forgotten actor called Anton Blake Horowitz leads Adam Zmith into an old cinema,... more

13 Jul 2022 · 49 minutes

Introducing The Film We Can’t See: a lost film that could have changed the world

This immersive six-part series takes Adam back to early cinema pioneers Sergei Eisenstein, Louise Brooks and Paul Robeson, in an... more

12 Jul 2022 · 1 minute

6: We Imagine With Our Bodies

The Film We Can't See