Rescuing Jorge Prelorán’s Films From Storage And Time
A recent article on Smithsonian.com details the Human Studies Film Archives work to restore and preserve Argentine filmmaker Jorge Prelorán’s Valle Fértil (1972)
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Flashback: DER in National Geographic’s “Bushmen of the Kalahari” (1974)
Watch an excerpt from the National Geographic Society television special Bushmen of the Kalahari (1974), featuring John Marshall and associates at the old DER office in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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Robert Gardner and Peter Matthiessen Discuss 1961 New Guinea Expedition
In this 1996 interview, Robert Gardner and Peter Matthiessen discuss their 1961 trip to New Guinea, which resulted in Mr. Gardner’s film “Dead Birds” and Mr. Matthiessen’s book “Under the Mountain Wall.”
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Robert Gardner, filmmaker and author (1925 – 2014)
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Robert Gardner, who passed away on Saturday, June 21st. Gardner was an internationally renowned filmmaker and author whose works, including Dead Birds, Forest of Bliss, and Rivers of Sand, have entered the permanent canon of non-fiction filmmaking.
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DER Podcast: Jason Burlage on MI CHACRA
When I was at Hot Docs last month, amidst all the chaos and excitement, I ran into DER filmmaker Jason Burlage. Jason directed Mi Chacra, a gem of a film that explores rural Peruvian life through the story of Feliciano, a Quechuan farmer.
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Our New Cataloging System
As our collection grows, so does the importance of having effective tools for finding the right film for a class, screening, exhibition or research. To better help in those efforts, we are developing a new system for cataloging our films.
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