Archive • August 2012

Only All-Native American Silent Rediscovered

posted August 29, 2012

The Daughter of Dawn, perhaps the only all-Native American cast silent film ever made, has been rediscovered in "shambles" a century after it was made, restored, and now re-presented.

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The Reel Thing XXIX

posted August 16, 2012

23-25 August 2012 Los Angeles Registration is still open, but space is limited, for The Reel Thing, one of the premier gatherings devoted to presenting the latest technologies in audiovisual restoration and preservation. It brings together laboratory technicians, archivists, new-media technologists, and preservationists. But the event has much to offer interested amateurs, too. Organized by

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A Film Trove in Jordan

posted August 14, 2012

An American multimedia artist is heading a project to document and preserve a trove of feature and documentary films unearthed in a market garage in Jordan.

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Work Continues on a Film Trove in Jordan

posted August 14, 2012

An American multimedia artist and colleagues are processing a film trove discovered in Jordan, hoping eventually to establish a moving-image archive in the country.

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