"This work examines the vibrant field of documentary filmmaking in Brazil from the transition to democracy in 1985 to the present. Marked by significant efforts toward the democratization of Brazil's highly unequal society, this period also witnessed the documentary's rise to unprecedented vitality
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in quantity, quality, and diversity of production-including polished auteur films as well as rough-hewn collaborative works; films made in major metropolitan regions as well as in remote parts of the Amazon; intimate first-person documentaries as well as films that dive headfirst into struggles for social justice." (Publisher description)
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"This article considers the impact of online distribution on the long-term availability and preservation of African cinema. It examines the case of Electronic Media Network’s (M-Net) African Film Library (AFL), a video-on-demand (VOD) library of classic African films that was launched in 2012, but
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taken offline by 2013. The article argues that this short-lived project represents a pivotal moment in the way we think about African film archiving and distribution, in which new technologies and consequently disintermediated business models promised to facilitate the circulation of African films in a manner that was socially beneficial, but which in reality resulted in monopolistic control of the content that presented a serious threat to its long-term preservation. The article goes on to argue that the AFL case encapsulates the entire discourse surrounding the shift to online distribution, in which a ‘cybertopian’ narrative of a disintermediated and thus democratized film culture quickly gives way to a reality in which content is more tightly controlled by an increasingly narrow and powerful set of private stakeholders, ultimately threatening the preservation of any content that is vulnerable to the shifting demands of the market." (Abstract)
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"Do you want your videos to be available in the future? Do you want your videos to serve as evidence of crimes or human rights abuses? Do you want your videos to raise awareness and educate future generations? If the answer is yes, it is important to begin thinking about archiving before it is too l
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ate [...] This Guide is organized into 8 sections focused on stages in a video archiving workflow: Create, Transfer, Acquire, Organize, Store, Catalog, Preserve, Share." (Pages 3-5)
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Esta obra presenta la situación del cine chileno antes del golpe de estado y las relaciones que se establecieron con Alemania, con personas e instituciones que se interesaron en preservar y difundir este acervo fílmico chileno en tiempos del régimen militar. Posteriormente, estos materiales regre
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saron a Chile en dos envíos, en 1999 y en 2001, y constituyen hoy el núcleo de la colección de la Cineteca Nacional.
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"This guide is designed to introduce film preservation to the community of research organizations that now have collections of motion picture film. It is a basic primer for film preservation “beginners”—professionals trained in archival studies, librarianship, museum work, or a subject field b
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ut unschooled in this technical specialty." (Abstract)
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"This study concerns the improvement of the national sources of information about films and similar audio-visual media — It is shown to be necessary to set up national centres for the cataloguing of films — The rapid growth of television emphasises the need for action in this field — Improved
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organisation of the information already available at national level would increase the value of films produced in cultural, educational and economic terms — Technical, administrative and financial problems — Attempts at film-cataloguing already published." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1276, topic code 39)
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"Summary of the standards and examples of cards: Different types — Secondary notes, classification number, system of classification — Margins — Subject card, assessment card and availability card, standard card — Assessment sheet — Text of standards: for subject cataloguing, for the record
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ing of comments, for classification, for drawing up the standard card." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1107, topic code 39)
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"Résumé des normes et exemples de fiches: Différents types — Notices secondaires, cote, système de classement — Marges — Fiche descriptive, fiche d'appréciation, de disponibilité, standard — Feuille d'appréciation — Texte des normes: pour le catalogage descriptif, pour l'enregistrem
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ent des appréciations, pour les indications concernant la disponibilité, pour l'attribution des cotes, pour l'établissement de la fiche standard." (Jean-Marie Van Bol, Abdelfattah Fakhfakh: The use of mass media in the developing countries. Brussels: CIDESA, 1971 Nr. 1632, topic code 39, 334.1)
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