Today, Archives in Motion looks back at the 28th edition of Sunny Side of the Doc (19th-22nd June 2017). The documentary market takes place every year at the Espace Encan, close to the harbor of La Rochelle in France, and gathers media professionals during a four-day program that includes debates, master classes, unique screenings, and for this year’s edition, the latest productions featuring historical content. The 28th edition, which was celebrated under the theme ‘Historic!’, focused on history and innovation with an emphasis on the renewal of the historical documentary genre. (more…)
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‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ Archive Footage and Race in America
A historical documentary with contemporary echoes
I Am Not Your Negro was conceived after Gloria Karefa-Smart (born Gloria Esther Baldwin) had handed a letter over to Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck. The letter from her brother, famous African-American writer James Baldwin, to his literary agent spoke of the manuscript he was working on entitled Remember This House. The text aimed to shed light on the Civil Rights era, one of the greatest struggles in American history and focused on three of its leaders and friends of Baldwin: Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X. The thirty-page memoir remained unfinished as Baldwin passed away on December 1987. (more…)
Featuring: James McDonald, London
How did you become an archive researcher?
I’ve been working with archival footage since I was producing and directing educational documentaries for the Open University / BBC and other institutions. Since then I’ve specialised in managing archive on feature documentaries and dramas. (more…)
Juliette Fattal: Stepping into the Archive Industry
This week Archives in Motion takes a look into the world of a talented novice archive researcher as she reacts in the heat of the moment to reveal the ups-and-downs of the profession. Juliette Fattal recounts her two-month experience with the French production company Drôle de Trame. (more…)
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