Making Singpore on Film (2019)

Singapore on Film explores the earliest footage of Singapore, dating back to 1900. The films include 'Coolie Boys' and 'Ananas', filmed more than 100 years ago by the Pathe Brothers. Much of this remarkable archive has never been seen before, and has been specially restored and digitized by the British Film Institute. In 'Making Singapore on Film', filmmaker Michelle Tofi charts the process of restoring vintage and previously unseen footage, bringing these images to life through state-of-the art graphics, and hears the personal stories behind some of the family collections of archival footage shown in the main two-part series.