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PFA.MSS.017
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Contributing Institution:
BAMPFA Film Library
Title: Lynne Sachs collection
Creator:
Sachs, Lynne
Identifier/Call Number: PFA.MSS.017
Physical Description:
2.5 cartons
Generally printouts and photocopies of flyers, essays, correspondence, and press clippings.
Physical Description:
2.1 Terabytes
Digitized and born-digital video files, still images, and audio files, comprising 10,942 digital files
Date (bulk): 1991-2023
Language of Material:
English
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The collection is open for research in person in the BAMPFA Film Library and Study Center. Remote access to digital files
in the collection is not currently possible, pending arrangements with the donor. Please contact the Berkeley Art Museum and
Pacific Film Archive Film Library and Study Center for details.
Further additions are anticipated in future years.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Paper and digital files were donated in October 2020 and May 2023 by Lynne Sachs.
The collection is minimally processed. Born-digital materials have been kept in their original order as received, with files
arranged chronologically by the donor.
Paper files were received arranged chronologically by the donor.
Lynne Sachs is a New York-based filmmaker whose work combines experimental and documentary film traditions with a strongly
feminist perspective. She has produced over 40 films as well as many performances and installation works, and publishes essays
and poetry as extensions of her visual arts practice. Her films have screened at prestigious institutions and festivals worldwide
and won numerous awards, including the 2020 Grand Prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen for a film made
together with fellow experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer. Sachs began making films in San Francisco while attending San
Francisco State University and the San Francisco Art Institute, drawing inspiration from and collaborating with many filmmakers
including Bruce Conner, George Kuchar, Gunvor Nelson, Carolee Schneemann, and Trinh T. Min-ha. Sachs has also taught filmmaking
at New York University, Hunter College, and the University of California, Berkeley, among other institutions.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Lynne Sachs 2020 digital materials Brunnhilde
inventory report may be accessed online.
Lynne Sachs 2020 digital materials Siegfried
inventory and format identification report may be accessed online.
Lynne Sachs 2023 digital materials Brunnhilde
inventory report may be accessed online.
Lynne Sachs 2023 digital materials Siegfried
inventory and format identification report may be accessed online.
[Identification of item], Lynne Sachs Collection. PFA--MSS--015. University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific
Film Archive.
In 2020 and 2022 Sachs delivered the digital files on portable 2TB hard drives, which were and backed up onto BAMPFA network
attached storage devices. The digital preservation tool
Brunnhilde was run against the backup copy of the materials to create inventories and report on metadata such as file types; media duration
and codecs; and file checksum values.
The collection represents the work of experimental documentary filmmaker Lynne Sachs, who has worked primarily in the San
Francisco Bay Area and New York City since the 1980s. Included are articles and film screening notes about Sachs and her films;
essays and other writings by Sachs; correspondence with other filmmakers including Barbara Hammer and Sylvia Schedelbauer;
as well as still images and artist's statements from each of the videos included in the original donation.
Digitized and born-digital video files have been separated to be incorporated into the BAMPFA film collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Documentary films--United States
Experimental films--United States