BBC Radio Podcasts from The Film We Can't See

The Film We Can't See

6: We Imagine With Our Bodies

When the sound archive disappears again, Adam discovers the power of imagination

5. For Sale: Intimacy and Infamy

When Adam listens to the final, dirty sound recording, So reveals a personal truth

4. Gossip, Revolution and a Censored Kiss

The lost sounds inspire memory of censored films and a rediscovery of actor Paul Robeson

3. Sexual Hate And Other Mysteries

Adam’s imagined film turns towards 1920s starlet Louise Brooks and the power of sex

2. Three Bent Bodies in a Bar One Night

Adam’s old sounds connect three cinema pioneers whose film could have changed the world

1. Sixteen Names and a Box of Sounds

An unexpected call leads Adam Zmith into an old cinema to rediscover a lost sound archive

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?