How Groucho Was Saved (Salon.com)
From the Salon.com report: “Groucho Marx began hosting the TV game show “You Bet Your Life” in 1947. This was after his classic films with Chico, Harpo and Zeppo, and unlike those movies, Groucho...
View ArticleSatyajit Ray Films to be Restored
[From The Times of India] “Eighteen of Satyajit Ray’s films will soon be restored to iimprove their longevity. Ray’s timeless classics will now be protected from the ravages of time. The Criterion...
View ArticleThe Academy Salute to Orphan Films (May 10-11, 2013)
This historic event will take place at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills on May 10-11, 2013. It will feature 30 films and 34 speakers, including the premiere of a number...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi Media digitizing 3 million rare historical records
The Abu Dhabi Media has completed the first phase of its project of digital archiving of print and electronic media reports and film footages produced since mid-1960s. Over three million valuable...
View ArticleNational Film Preservation Foundation 2012 Annual Report
The National Film Preservation Foundation 2012 annual report is now available. It provides an illustrated overview of current activities and includes a comprehensive list of the more than 1,975 films...
View ArticleNational Film Preservation Foundation Awards 24 Preservation Grants
The National Film Preservation Foundation has announced grants to save 38 films, including the only known footage of pioneering Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still (ca. 1970) and Thomas Hart Benton’s...
View ArticleRare 1920 film features 300 Comanche and Kiowa actors
“The Daughter of Dawn,” a rare silent movie made in 1920 that features a cast of more than 300 Kiowa and Comanche people, has been restored by the Oklahoma Historical Society. An 80-minute, six-reel...
View ArticleMedia Ecology Project Archival Film Fest May 18
The Archival Film Festival will serve as a capstone public celebration of The Media Ecology Project symposium at Dartmouth. The festival will be Saturday, May 18 at 2-5pm in the Loew Auditorium of the...
View ArticleMedia Ecology Project Fights to Save Cultural History
From “Dartmouth NOW“: Media records of our cultural history are threatened because their value is not understood, their provenance is unknown or their formats are obsolete, says Mark Williams, head of...
View ArticleSchedule and Attendees for MEP Symposium, May 18-18 2013
Media Ecology Project Symposium May 17-18, 2013 Black Family Visual Arts Center Dartmouth College Friday, May 17 8:30am Breakfast (VAC 201) 9:00am Introductory Session (Loew Auditorium) 12:00pm...
View ArticleYear in Review: Looking Forward
Welcome back to our posts to this space! We have been busy realizing the initiatives that arose in our symposium at Dartmouth College last May. We have contributed to several major developments in the...
View ArticleAMIA 2013 MEP Panel
In the next few posts we will be recapping some of the exciting developments for The Media Ecology Project in the year since we held our opening symposium at Dartmouth College. This is the first of...
View ArticleKodak Movie Film Gets a Reprieve (Media Archive News, from WSJ)
The Wall Street Journal has reported important news regarding a reprieve for the production of motion picture film by the historic Eastman Kodak Co, announced by Kodak’s new chief executive, Jeff...
View ArticleSCMS Recaps 2013 & 2014
In the next few posts we will be recapping some of the exciting developments for The Media Ecology Project in the year since we held our opening symposium at Dartmouth College. This is the second of...
View ArticleOrphan Film Symposium 2014
In the next few posts we will be recapping some of the exciting developments for The Media Ecology Project in the year since we held our opening symposium at Dartmouth College. This is the third of...
View ArticleScorsese Adds Support to Kodak Film Rescue
“Last week Kodak revealed that it plans to continue to manufacture film following negotiations with the major studios — and urged by film proponents such as J.J. Abrams and Chris Nolan — that are...
View ArticleFilms Division of India (Mumbai)
We are delighted to announce a pilot study in cooperation with The Films Division archive in Mumbai, India. From the Films Division website: “The Films Division of India was established in 1948 to...
View ArticleNEH Research and Development Grant for MEP!
Proud to announce we have received an NEH Tier 1 Research and Development Grant from the Office of Preservation and Access to build a Semantic Annotation Tool (SAT). The two-year grant begins Jan 1,...
View ArticleTranformations I (April, 2016)
Looking forward to participating in this amazing conference co-sponsored by NYU and Columbia University.
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