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Resounding Silents

Raja Harishchandra

vintage silent movie, live improvised score

(1913) Dhundiraj Govind Phalke 40m B&W

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Sun 21 October 2018 // 19:30 / Cinema

Tickets: £6/5

Based on classic Hindu legend from the Ramayana and Mahabharata this was India's first feature length production, director Dada Saheb Phalke saw the French filmThe Life Of Christ (1906) and went to London for a two week crash course in filmmaking techniques before setting up his production company.

Featuring a live improvised score by resident house band Phallictite.