Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Theater Guest Recordings Collection, 1966-, bulk 1977-

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Summary

Creators:
Luddy, Tom, Johnson, Albert, 1925-1998, Kramer, Edith, Geritz, Kathy, Oxtoby, Susan, and Renan, Sheldon, 1941-
Abstract:
Since the 1970s, the Pacific Film Archive has hosted numerous guest speakers in conjunction with its film and video exhibition program. The speakers include filmmakers from around the world, as well as others involved in filmmaking, film study and criticism, and film preservation. The guest recordings collection documents these speakers' appearances and consists of question and answer sessions, lectures, symposia, and other interactions between PFA guests and audiences.
Extent:
6,000 Items
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], BAMPFA Theater Guest Recording Collection. [PFA -- AV -- 001]. UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Since the 1970s, the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has hosted numerous guest speakers in conjunction with its film and video exhibition program. The speakers include filmmakers from around the world, as well as others involved in filmmaking, film study and criticism, and film preservation. The audiovisual collection documents these speakers' appearances and consists of question and answer sessions, lectures, symposia, and other interactions between PFA guests and audiences. The collection includes over 6,000 recordings of varying length. Earlier recordings are on audiocassette; those made since 2006 are recorded digitally. Since 2016, speakers have been regularly recorded with video in addition to audio.

In 2018, BAMPFA received a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources that allowed for digitization of over 800 of our earliest analog guest recordings. Copyright allowing, these digitized recordings are made available on archive.org.

Acquisition information:
These audio recordings document visits of filmmakers and other guest speakers at BAMPFA's film exhibition program. They were recorded by BAMPFA staff, with some exceptions.
Accruals:

New recordings are added for each guest appearance at BAMPFA's film programs. As of 2020 BAMPFA hosts approximately 200 guests per year.

Physical facet:
Approximately 1,600 audio cassettes, 2,400 born-digital audio recordings, 2,000 born-digital video recordings
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The entire collection is open for free research use on site at BAMPFA during open hours of the Film Library & Study Center, 1PM-5PM Wednesday-Friday. See bampfa.org for more information. At least one week's notice is required for a research appointment to allow for retrieval of materials. Contact the BAMPFA Film Library at (510) 642-1437 during open hours, or by email at bampfafilmlibrary [at] berkeley [dot] edu to schedule appointments.

Selected recordings are available through BAMPFA's channels on archive.org, youtube.com, soundcloud.com .

Any use beyond fair use must have written permission from the speaker.

Terms of access:

Due to copyright restrictions, audiovisual material from this collection may not be reproduced without permission from the relevant speaker(s).

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], BAMPFA Theater Guest Recording Collection. [PFA -- AV -- 001]. UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
2120 Oxford Street
#2250
Berkeley, CA 94720-2250, US
Contact:
(510) 642-1437
bampfafilmlibrary@berkeley.edu
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