4th ARCHAEOLOGY OF MOVING IMAGE MEDIA WORKSHOP

A program of lectures, panels and hands-on workshops that will introduce students of the Information Studies field, collectors, scholars, filmmakers, cinephiles and the general public to aspects of moving image media history, technology and preservation.

Presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences Department of Educational Initiatives in collaboration with Los Angeles Archivists Collective and UCLA AMIA Student Chapter.

For additional information, e-mail aespasande@oscars.org or call (310) 247- 3000 x1165.

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PROGRAM

Check-In & Breakfast
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Presentations 1
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Preserving Indian Cinema’s Oral Histories
Tuni Chatterji, Academy Oral History Projects
Brendan Coates, Academy Oral History Projects

Archival Ethics and Anonymous Home Movies
May Haduong, Academy Film Archive
Sean Savage, Academy Film Archive

The Restoration of Cuba’s Film Legacy
Luciano Castillo, Cinemateca de Cuba
Josef Lindner, Academy Film Archive

Adventures with the Aloha Wanderwell Film Collection
Jessica DePrest, Academy Film Archive

How Sweet The Sound: The Return of Aretha Franklin
Alan Elliot, Producer

From Disc to Streaming: The Impact on Archives
David Pierce, Library of Congress

Photochemical Preservation of Trailers in the Packard Humanities Collection
Jere Guldin, Packard Humanities Institute

Lobster Films - Blackhawk Films: Two Continents, One Passion
Emile Mahler, Lobster Films

Lunch
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Presentations 2
1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Spotlight Panel
Ramon Novarro’s Against the Current (1936): A Family’s Quest for Childhood Memories
Gloria Alvarez, Actress; John Ramirez, Animator; Matías Antonio Bombal, Film Collector; Andrea Gorecki, Researcher; Ernesto Chavez, University of Texas; David Pierce, Library of Congress; Alejandra Espasande, Academy Foundation

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985): Film as Object
David Weisman, Producer

The Preservation of William Friedkin's Film Legacy: A Filmmaker's Perspective
William Friedkin, Director

Hands-On Workshops
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Introduction to Film Repair
Alejandra Espasande, Academy Foundation
Sean Savage, Academy Film Archive
Jonathan Marquis, Academy Film Archive

Photochemical Developing
Joe di Gennaro, Academy Sci-Tech Council

Conservation of Paper-Based Film Collections
Dawn Jaros, Margaret Herrick Library

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