Get to know DER better in December! Spotlight on Curation & Distribution
You may know DER as a film distributor, but this December we’d like to show you that we’re so much more! DER is a 501(c)(3) non-profit aiming to foster community, challenge preconceptions, and safeguard our diverse cultural memory through media; 2015 has been our best year yet!
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DER Podcast: Karim B Haroun on MYSTIC MASS
Recently, I sat down with Karim Haroun in our office to talk about the making of MYSTIC MASS, his new film documenting the final day of the Ashura ceremony as it is practiced in Nabatiyyeh, Lebanon.
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DER Partners with Oxford University Press
Many know DER for our core collection of classic films, which are truly special holdings, but both our history and film collection are rich and evolving. If you’ve kept up with our recent activity, you know that we are ushering in a new era of greater digital access to all DER films.
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DER Podcast: Jeff Silva on BALKAN RHAPSODIES
On one of Boston’s first beautiful spring days of 2015, I had the opportunity to meet with artist, filmmaker, and my former professor, Jeff Silva, to discuss his film, Balkan Rhapsodies: 78 Measures of War. Jeff had been working on his latest project in a dark edit room all day, and my visit was a good excuse for a breath of fresh air.
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DER goes to the International Intangible Heritage Film Festival
In October, I had the pleasure of participating in the International Intangible Heritage Film Festival (IIHFF) and Conference, held in Jeonju, South Korea. The festival launched the opening of the National Intangible Heritage Center, an elegant complex of buildings and outdoor spaces designed for creation, performance and preservation of various forms of Intangible Heritage, marking South Korea’s commitment to its own cultural heritage, as well as the heritage of others.
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DER Podcast: Robbie Leppzer on THE TURNING TIDE COLLECTION
Recently, Executive Director Alice Apley sat down here at the DER office with filmmaker Robbie Leppzer to discuss the Turning Tide Collection.
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