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Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
Watch the announcement video and learn more about the 25 films inducted into the 2024 National Film Registry.
Posted in: Black Films, Film/Video, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry
Posted by: Bryan Cornell
Announcement of screening of "Match-King" (First National, 1932) in the Pickford Theater at the Library of Congress on December 12, 2024.
Posted in: Film/Video, Mary Pickford Theater, Uncategorized
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
70-millimeter polyester film prints of “Napoleon” (directed by Ridley Scott, 2023) and “Oppenheimer” (directed by Christopher Nolan, 2023, 9 reels) recently made the journey from the U.S. Copyright Office to their new home in the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center.
Posted in: Film/Video, Motion Pictures
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Edward James Olmos shares his feelings about math teacher Jaime Escalante and the making of the film “Stand and Deliver" (1988). Based on a true story, Mr. Escalante inspired his underprivileged East Los Angeles students to undertake an intensive program in math and calculus, achieve high test scores and improve their sense of self-worth.
Posted in: Film Essay, Film/Video, Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” (2023) may be the longest and most comprehensive film ever made about the "father of the atomic bomb,” but today we look at several films on the National Film Registry that set a narrative on how the American people should behave and respond in Oppenheimer's atomic age.
Posted in: Film/Video, Moving Image Research Center, National Film Registry, National Screening Room, Paper Prints