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Absent Now the Dead

  • 2021
  • 56m
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Absent Now the Dead (2021)
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A film by Hamilton Sterling. 

The ghost of a soldier from the Trojan War travels through the ruins of the ancient world to a council of tyrants who make war on reason. 

Kieran Bew (voice) John Hopkins (voice) Charles Hewson (voice) Lloyd Sheer (voice) Amanda Philipson (voice casting) Barnaby Brown (ancient woodwinds) Fletcher Sheridan (vocals) Jimmy Haslip (music producer)
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Drawn from Homer's Iliad, Thersites, a soldier from the Trojan war, travels a haunted ancient world to learn the power of remembered history.Drawn from Homer's Iliad, Thersites, a soldier from the Trojan war, travels a haunted ancient world to learn the power of remembered history.Drawn from Homer's Iliad, Thersites, a soldier from the Trojan war, travels a haunted ancient world to learn the power of remembered history.

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    • Hamilton Sterling
  • Writer
    • Hamilton Sterling
  • Stars
    • Kieran Bew
    • John Hopkins
    • Charlie Hewson
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      • Hamilton Sterling
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      • Hamilton Sterling
    • Stars
      • Kieran Bew
      • John Hopkins
      • Charlie Hewson
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    Kieran Bew
    Kieran Bew
    • Thersites
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    John Hopkins
    John Hopkins
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    Charlie Hewson
    Charlie Hewson
    • Antony
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    Lloyd Sherr
    • Agamemnon
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    Amanda Philipson
    Amanda Philipson
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    Ryan Tellez
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      Absent Now the Dead was released on the Laemmle Cinema Streaming Service two days after the January 6th, 2021 insurrection against the United States. The film was presented at the Rhetoric Society of America Conference in June 2022, with academic papers given regarding its poetry and anti-demagogic content. Fade to black.

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    • Release date
      • January 8, 2021 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • ASF Productions LLC website
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      56 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • D-Cinema 48kHz 5.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39:1

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