Just as Adam is discovering more intimate histories of the sound archive, it may be about to be lost again. Show more
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The Film We Can't See
Introducing The Film We Can’t See: a lost film that could have changed the world
2 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
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. Show more
The Film We Can't See
Introducing The Film We Can’t See: a lost film that could have changed the world
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. Show more
The Film We Can't See
Sixteen Names and a Box of Sounds
Adam Zmith is looking for a story, when the forgotten actor Anton Blake Horowitz asks him to investigate some lost sounds from 1930. Show more
The Film We Can't See
Three Bent Bodies in a Bar One Night
Adam’s second rediscovered sound recording is full of sadness and the loss of a radical film that was never made. Show more
The Film We Can't See
1. Sixteen Names and a Box of Sounds
50 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
Adam Zmith is looking for a story, when the forgotten actor Anton Blake Horowitz asks him to investigate some lost sounds from 1930. Show more
The Film We Can't See
2. Three Bent Bodies in a Bar One Night
50 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
Adam’s old sounds connect three cinema pioneers whose film could have changed the world Show more
The Film We Can't See
3. Sexual Hate And Other Mysteries
51 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
Just as Adam is discovering more intimate histories of the sound archive, it may be about to be lost again Show more
The Film We Can't See
5. For Sale: Intimacy and Infamy
42 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
The project of imagining the lost film faces personal setbacks: Adam and Anton clashing — and the imminent loss of the recordings once again Show more
The Film We Can't See
6: We Imagine With Our Bodies
31 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
Adam, So and Anton rally around the Rio Cinema to save the sounds, as documentary transforms into imagination and your mind becomes a cinema Show more
The Film We Can't See
4. Gossip, Revolution and a Censored Kiss
50 minutes
First broadcast:Available for over a year
Adam discovers how queer films were all the rage a century ago, until censorship and fascism stamped them out Show more
The Film We Can't See
2. Three Bent Bodies in a Bar One Night
50 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for years
Adam goes deeper into the Rio Cinema archives and finds work from filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein, the sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld and the actor Louise Brooks. Show more
The Film We Can't See
4. Gossip, Revolution and a Censored Kiss
50 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for years
Adam’s investigation into the lost sound archive prompts him to watch Mädchen in Uniform, a lesbian high school dramedy from 1931. Show more
The Film We Can't See
1. Sixteen Names and a Box of Sounds
50 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for years
Adam Zmith is looking for a story, when the forgotten actor Anton Blake Horowitz asks him to investigate some lost sounds from 1930 Show more
The Film We Can't See
3. Sexual Hate And Other Mysteries
50 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for years
Adam travels back in time to Weimar era Berlin. Film writer Pamela Hutchinson explains why Louise Brooks was so unique, and why her even though her films were censored and lost. Show more
The Film We Can't See
5. For Sale: Intimacy and Infamy
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for years
The creative but awkward dynamic between Adam and Anton blows up. They are trying to collaborate, but the boundary between creativity and personal experiences breaks. Show more
The Film We Can't See
6. For Sale: Intimacy and Infamy
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Available for years
The sound archive from 1930 is about to be auctioned to mysterious bidders. Show more