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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.


Absent Now the Dead is a story of the reign of demagogues. The film was completed before the November 2020 U.S. election and released on the Laemmle Cinema streaming service two days after the January 6th insurrection. Absent Now the Dead was presented at the Rhetoric Society of America Conference in June 2022, with papers given regarding its poetry and anti-demagogic theme.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    56 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Rating
    NR
  • Director
    Hamilton Sterling
  • Screenwriter
    Hamilton Sterling
  • Co-Producer
    Donna Gregory
  • Cast
    Kieran Bew, John Hopkins, Charles Hewson, Lloyd Sherr, Amanda Philipson, Ryan Tellez
  • Cinematographer
    Hamilton Sterling
  • Music
    Barnaby Brown, Fletcher Sheridan, Scott Kinsey, Ryan Andrews, Jimmy Haslip, Hamilton Sterling