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Yanomamo Films Restoration Update
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Remastered Yanomamö Films Update

The first 2K scans of the Yanomamö films have come back from the lab and we couldn’t wait to share them with you. Check out a sneak preview of the work in progress!

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DER at 50
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DER at 50

In 2018, DER turned 50! This is the first in a series of posts looking back at the many highlights and events of our anniversary year.

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DER featured in WBUR's The ARTery
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DER Featured in The ARTery

Learn more about our origins and legacy in a special feature in WBUR’S The ARTery.

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Film and video materials from the DER archive. Photo by Frank Aveni
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“On the Matter of Film” published in Anthropology Now

This September, DER’s Executive Director, Alice Apley, had her article on DER’s important, and ever-changing, role in film preservation published in Anthropology Now. Read an excerpt from the article, “On The Matter of Film.”

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Margaret Mead FF 40-for-40
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Alice Apley named one of the “40 for 40” at Margaret Mead Film Festival

The Margaret Mead Film Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and DER is thrilled to be participating! We are proud to announce that our Executive Director, Alice Apley, has been selected to participate in the festival’s special anniversary program, “40 for 40”

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Support Documentary Film – Donate to DER

We hope you’ve enjoyed getting to know DER! Now we are asking for you help, so we can continue to support and advance the best ethnographic and documentary works being made.

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