Andrew (Television Executive)Mar 1

I've talked a lot about the 1915 Italian science fiction film Filibus. It's the one about the Mysterious Air Pirate who is, apparently, genderfluid and bisexual and engages in various heists and schemes.

It's the basis for my original fiction series The Mysterious Air Pirates and part of an ongoing series of Sky Pirate material we're releasing for Mountain Town Toys. Until today, there were a few ways to watch it:

- Watch it on wikimedia commons or another internet site without a score, and with stolen translated intertitles from the eye film institute.

- Watch a very poor copy with, I think, Dutch intertitles, which had a generic score and was floating around a few websites.

- Buy the bluray from Milestone and The Eye Film Institute, with a score, and with the Eye Film Institute intertitles.

Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Mar 1

Today, there's another option. Our pals over at @video and especially @DoctorDeathray have released episode one of their new score and translation for Filibus: The Mysterious Air Pirate.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YtFNsrf3DU

Peertube:https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/kFoxEgStdXMREbZmbq8RmY

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/filibus-restored-151965599

#CommunityBroadcastingNetwork

Filibus - The Mysterious Air Pirate (1915) - Chapter One - New Score and Translation

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Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)

From NETV:

"We’ve partnered with rock band Doctor Deathray to create an all-new, modernized score that bridges the gap between the silent era and today.

We’ve also carefully reinterpreted and slightly modernized the original intertitles to make the high-flying adventure more accessible for modern audiences without losing the spirit of the classic."

Chapter one is out now, and they’ll be releasing new episodes weekly until they're finished.

Mar 1 at 4:19pmWeb
Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Mar 1

If you're a regular Youtube user, please consider watching the video and interacting with it there. We're trying to get enough attention from the big silo'd platforms to pull some people out onto the open web.

If you're not a regular youtube user, all the details are on our website: https://www.communitybroadcasting.network/2026/03/01/filibus-restored-rescored-reimagined/ which also posts here to the fediverse @communitybroadcasting.network

and the video is on the #NETV peertube (which, again, also posts here to the fediverse @video ) https://vod.newellijay.tv/w/kFoxEgStdXMREbZmbq8RmY

Show threadAndrew (Television Executive)Mar 1

And, if you'd like to get some stuff about our new releases in your inbox instead of in your homefeed, we're using Patreon's free tier as a stand-in for a newsletter service.

You can follow us: https://www.patreon.com/cw/CommunityBroadcastingNetwork