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NEWS
ITAM HAKIM HOPIIT Added to the National Film Registry
DER is proud to announce the induction of Victor Masayesva, Jr.’s Itam Hakim Hopiit into the National Film Registry. Each year, the Library of Congress (LOC) selects 25 films deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
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NEW RELEASE
Ophir
Ophir tells the story of an extraordinary indigenous revolution for life, land and culture in Bougainville, a colony of Papua New Guinea. The film documents a history of resistance and the imminent emergence of the newest nation in the world, revealing the invisible chains of colonization and its enduring cycles of physical and psychological warfare.
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FILMMAKER INTERVIEW
My Rembetika Blues
We spoke with Mary Zournazi, the filmmaker behind acclaimed new release My Rembetika Blues. We discussed the personal odyssey she undertook to tell this story, the importance of preserving cinema as a communal experience, and the generation spanning journey of the music itself. Listen to a condensed interview or read the full transcript here.
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EVENTS
Archival Legacies of the Yanomamö Series
DER co-hosted a panel at the Smithsonian’s Mother Tongue Film Festival focused on the technical and aesthetic issues underlying film preservation and digital restoration and exploring the value of these films for the Yanomamö and anthropologists interested in more equitable collaborations.
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RESOURCES
Indigenous Studies Film Initiative
Our Indigenous Studies Film Initiative is a commitment to decolonize and indigenize the DER film collection and improve access to our catalogue for Indigenous audiences through the creation of an interactive map, application of reparative language to subject categories, and outreach and collaboration with communities depicted in our collection.
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EVENTS
DER50: Tim Asch Symposium at USC
In November 2018, the USC School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California held a day-long symposium on the work of Timothy Asch, an event which also helped celebrate DER’s 50th anniversary.
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EVENTS
The Cinema of Patience: Reflecting on N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman
As part of DER’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Harvard University hosted a film screening & panel discussion on N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman.
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SanDance!
Richard Wicksteed, Edwin Angless -
All God’s Children
Robert Lemelson -
Wawan’s Prayer
Robert Lemelson -
Threads
Katherine Sender, Shuchi Kothari -
Death of the One who Knows
Dana Rappoport -
Ophir
Alexandre Berman, Olivier Pollet -
Padauk: Myanmar Spring
Jeanne Hallacy, Rares Michael Ghilezan -
My Rembetika Blues
Mary Zournazi -
Following the Thread
Kathy Brew, Roberto Guerra -
Wax Print
Aiwan Obinyan -
Mundo
Ana Edwards -
Sankara Is Not Dead
Lucie Viver -
A Year in the Field
George Gmelch, Dennis Lanson -
The Healer and the Psychiatrist
Mike Poltorak -
The Buddha Mummies of North Japan
Shayne Dahl, Satoshi Watanabe -
Forsaken Fragments
Robert Gardner -
Life is a Very Strange Thing
Les McLaren, Annie Stiven -
A Long Way Home
Luc Schaedler -
Voices of the Rainforest
Steven Feld -
Mother, Daughter, Sister
Jeanne Hallacy -
Sittwe
Jeanne Hallacy -
Sweetheart Dancers
Ben-Alex Dupris -
Oyate
Dan Girmus -
Crying Earth Rise Up
Suree Towfighnia -
Survivors
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