Preserving the Films of Charles Burnett
posted March 14, 2011
For 40 years, Charles Burnett has been a major American filmmaker – a “visual novelist” of black American life. The restoration and preservation community has helped to insure his legacy, as MIAN reports.
Preserving Charles Burnett
posted March 14, 2011
The films of Charles Burnett have represented black American life far from the Hollywood clichés, and the film restoration and preservation community has been eager to help spread the word.
Academy Honors Kevin Brownlow
posted March 7, 2011
Film preservationists and restorers often labor in obscurity, and certainly rarely win awards as prominent as the Academy Awards. But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognized archivist, film historian, preservationist, and film maker Kevin Brownlow for his many years of contributions. MIAN joins the many film fans recognizing his legacy.
Kevin Brownlow’s Life in Film
posted March 7, 2011
Film preservationists and restorers often labor in obscurity, and certainly rarely win awards as prominent as the Academy Awards. But the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognized archivist, film historian, preservationist, and film maker Kevin Brownlow for his many years of contributions.
Preservationist/Historian Kevin Brownlow Gets Academy Award
posted February 28, 2011
At the Academy Awards ceremony last night, British archivist, film historian, and preservationist Kevin Brownlow was recognized for his many years of contributions. He appeared briefly on stage with fellow recipients of the Governors Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Eli Wallach and Francis Ford Coppola. A fourth honoree, Jean-Luc Godard
Concern about Hungarian Communist-era Archives
posted February 26, 2011
MIAN reports today on protests by archivists and historians in response to a Hungarian government plan to destroy records kept by the country’s Communist-era security apparatus.
Concern for Hungarian Archives
posted February 26, 2011
Archivists and historians are up in arms about a Hungarian government plan to destroy records kept by the country's Communist-era security apparatus.
Paul Rotha: Filmmaker, Author, Producer
posted February 15, 2011
The Institute of Communications Studies at the University of Leeds is organising a three-day conference from September 8-10 2011 on the career of Paul Rotha in the light of the last two decades of research into non-fiction cinema and British film culture. Rotha (1907–1984) was a British documentary film-maker, film historian, and critic whose documentaries
Avant-Garde Masters Film-Preservation Grants
posted February 15, 2011
The National Film Preservation Foundation has invited proposals for its Avant-Garde Masters film preservation grant program. Interested archives should register by March 25 2011. Final applications are due April 29 2011. This cash grant, made possible by The Film Foundation, supports the preservation of a film or films by a single filmmaker or cinematic movement
Hidden Cinema of the Southwest and Mexico
posted February 15, 2011
Just a reminder that next week in Tucson, whose average daytime temperature in February is 71F, the Hidden Cinema of the Southwest and Mexico symposium will take place. The symposium is a one-day event, but between two nights of film screenings, February 25-26 2011. The symposium focuses on how and why amateur, industrial, educational, and