Documentary films

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Contains films and papers of American filmmaker Godfrey Reggio (b. 1940), including documentation of Reggio’s film productions and social activism. Also contains institutional records of the Institute for Regional Education (IRE), a New Mexico non-profit organization co-founded by Reggio in 1972.

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The James E. Hinton Collection at the Harvard Film Archive consists of approximately 170 items: motion picture film projection prints, workprint materials, 16mm and 1/4" magnetic audio reels, and viewing copies and video masters on 1" video, 3/4" U-Matic, Betamax, BetacamSP and VHS created by the photographer, cinematographer and filmmaker James E. Hinton.

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Scripts, reviews, notebooks, diaries, production documents, posters, and CDs, DVDs, and videotapes of filmmaker Mira Nair.

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Correspondence, diaries, photographs, and other personal documents of Louise Walker McCannel, philanthropist and civic activist, as well as the correspondence and other personal papers of her siblings and parents (Archie Dean Walker Sr. family of Minneapolis, Minnesota), her children (the McCannel family), her aunts, uncles, and her grandparents (T. B. Walker family of Minneapolis, Minnesota), and other family members.

Overview: This collection contains paper materials produced by documentary filmmaker Robert Gardner. The collection contains correspondence ranging in topics from travel, preparation and progress updates on ethnographic film projects, grant proposal plans, and more; technical information regarding the filming and editing of video and sound for his films; a wide array of materials relating to the production and promotion of many of his films; photographs documenting his travels abroad and his...

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Correspondence, scripts, budgets, photographs, materials relating to a companion book, and a 16 mm film associated with the production She's Nobody's Baby, a 1981 Peabody Award-winning documentary by the Ms. Foundation for Education and Communication in association with the Home Box Office cable network.