Singapore On Film: What Life Was Like During The 1900s In The Former British Colony, Timeline

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 digitised by the British Film Institute. This fascinating archive shows that Singapore was a multicultural meltingpot, but life was grindingly hard for the majority. We see coolie dockers, rickshaw pullers, Sikh policemen and child labourers. Rare films of a grand Peranakan funeral and Hindu firewalking show scenes both familiar and unfamiliar. Newlydiscovered home movies shine an intimate light into the lives of the elite. Through interviews with historians, writers and filmmakers, we reveal stories both epic and intimate. The programmes are narrated by renowned British actress Jenny Agutter, with the archive brought vividly to life through cuttingedge graphics and an evocative, speciallycomposed