Peter Jackson, Costa Botes, New Zealand, 1995

Film Series «Falsos documentales: cuestionando la ciencia»

Forgotten Silver

Presented by Héctor Gómez, member of the Cinema Club (Universitat de València), and Lucía Sapiña, editor of Mètode Journal and member of the Observatory of the Two Cultures (Universitat de València).

Synopsis:

Forgotten Silver is an alternative version about the birth of the Seventh Art. A fake based on the discovery, by the celebrated filmmaker Peter Jackson, of some old film reels found at the outhouse of a neighbour, which show how a New Zealand pioneer anticipated to the technical discoveries of Lumière Brothers and company.