Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933)

The read

It runs a compact 1h 2m.

Synopsis

Lost cinema. Lost culture. Lost country. Lost people. How to recreate the past with nothing? Cinema of the impossible. The silent past is a horror film. The smell of nitrate in the morning. How many ghosts can the cinema contain? 75 films. 22 years. What is the numerological significance? Too late. Never too late.

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Key crew

• KhavnDirector

Cast

• Susan RocesHerself (archival footage)
• Eddie GarciaHimself (archival footage)
• Mary WalterHerself (archival footage)
• Amalia FuentesHerself (archival footage)
• Jaime de la RosaHimself (archival footage)
• Rosanna OrtizHerself (archival footage)
• Ronald RemyHimself (archival footage)
• Beth ManlongatHerself (archival footage)
• Romeo VasquezHimself (archival footage)
• Dante RiveroHimself (archival footage)
• Phillip SalvadorHimself (archival footage)
• Mario O'HaraHimself (archival footage)

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