Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Black Film Center & Archive
- Abstract:
- This is an artificially created collection that contains recordings and promotional materials for interviews and events created as part of the Indiana University Black Film Center & Archive's ongoing in-house research and outreach initatives.
- Extent:
- 3 Boxes, 126 Audiocassettes, 141 Videocassettes, 8 micro cassettes, 7 video discs, 4 Audio Discs, and 2 Posters
- Language:
- Materials are in English
- Preferred citation:
[item], BFC/A Interviews and Events collection, COL 8, Black Film Center & Archive, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Scope and Content:
This is an artificially created collection that contains recordings and promotional materials for interviews and events created as part of the Indiana University Black Film Center & Archive's ongoing in-house research and outreach initatives.
- Acquisition information:
- Recordings, photographs, promotional materials, and other documents created by BFCA staff beginning in 1981 unless otherwise indicated.
- Processing information:
Processed by BFCA staff.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in 6 series:
- Series 1. BFCA interview recordings
- Series 2. BFCA South African Filmmakers interview recordings
- Series 3. BFCA event recordings
- Series 4. BFCA event promotional materials
- Series 5. BFCA event photographs
- Series 6. BFCA In Touch with the Spirit conference materials (cataloged as separate collection)
- Physical facet:
- 69 MiniDV, 44 VHS, 26 U-matics, 1 Hi8, 1 Betacam, DVD-R, and CD
- General note:
In 2022, the Black Film Center/Archive (BFC/A) transitioned to its current name, the Black Film Center & Archive (BFCA). This finding aid was created under the organizational name Black Film Center/Archive. Upon this organizational name change, all previous references to the BFC/A were updated in this finding aid to match the current name, Black Film Center & Archive.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Archival institutes and workshops
Blacks in the motion picture industry
Blacks in motion pictures
African American motion picture producers and directors
Motion picture producers and directors--South Africa
Conference materials
Photographs
Interviews
Interviews (Sound recordings) - Names:
- Indiana University, Bloomington. Black Film Center/Archive
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
-
This collection is open to the public. Audiovisual materials may require the creation of reference copies. If you are interested in reviewing the contents of the audio or video recordings in this collection, please contact the BFCA staff well in advance of your visit for details.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the BFCA archivist. Some reproduction/publication requests may also require the written permission of interviewers, interviewees, and/or performers.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
-
[item], BFC/A Interviews and Events collection, COL 8, Black Film Center & Archive, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
-
1320 East Tenth StreetHerman B Wells Library, Room 044Bloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-6041bfca@indiana.edu