April 20, 2022 The Brazilian Cinematheque's Fight for a New Start Since early 2020, the COVID pandemic has taken a merciless toll on film institutions and festivals around the world. But for Cinemateca Brasileira , Read more
November 25, 2020 Alex Winter on Decrypting Frank Zappa Alex Winter has worn many hats in his 55 years. As a youth, he acted on Broadway. After college, he headed out to Los Angeles, where he continued to Read more
February 26, 2019 Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Jonas Editor’s Note: Jonas Mekas, dubbed by many as “the godfather of avant-garde cinema,” was this and many more: As an archivist and exhibitor, he co- Read more
February 6, 2018 Archival Research 101: Looking for the Perfect Image My career in documentary film began when I was brought on as a production assistant for Lyn Goldfarb and Alison Sotomayor's Bridging the Divide: Tom Read more
January 12, 2018 Beyond Evidence: Experimental Filmmakers Widen the Parameters of the Archive This past October, the Brooklyn-based nonprofit UnionDocs convened a weekend workshop called "Speculations in the Archive," a sold-out gathering that Read more
January 11, 2018 A Second Life: Commercial Archivists Guide Filmmakers to Hidden Treasures Over the past few years, the documentary form has seen a creative sea change in depictions of history: how it's rendered, what it represents and how Read more
January 11, 2018 A Slate of Marble: Matthew White on Protecting the Raw Material for Docs Matthew White was a founder, first president, and is currently executive director of the Association of Commercial Stock Image Libraries (ACSIL), a Read more
January 11, 2018 Who Owns History? A UK Filmmaker Weighs In Archival images often form part of our collective memories. Whether it be Leni Riefenstahl's footage of the Nuremberg Rallies, Martin Luther King's " Read more
January 10, 2018 The Human Factor: How Makers of Profile Documentaries Shape Their Subject from Archival Footage To create a portrait of an individual—movie producer Robert Evans, say, or musician Kurt Cobain—director Brett Morgen abides by an austere tenet. "I Read more
January 9, 2018 Dusting Off Archive Agreements—A Fresh Review By Steven Beer, Jake Levy and Neil Rosini Archive agreements have much in common with every other legally-binding license. They must identify the Read more