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Read MoreThe Films of Expo 67 – 50 Years Later (pdf) Steve Moore, Library and Archives Canada Stéphanie Côté, Cinemathèque québécoise Film was an integral part of the Expo 67 experience. Held in Montreal 50 years ago during Canada’s centennial year, Expo 67 is considered the most successful world’s fair of the 20th century. Some of that success can be attributed to the innovative use of moving images: experiments in presentation,...
Read MoreCommittees are the heart of AMIA, playing a crucial role in program development, strategic direction, and fulfilling the mission of the organization. Committee meetings are open to all attendees. Thursday . November 30 12:00 PM Meeting: Open Source Committee 12:00 PM Meeting: Cataloging and Metadata Committee 12:00 PM Meeting: Publications Committee 1:00 PM Meeting: PBCore Advisory Sub-Committee 1:00 PM Meeting: Moving Image Related...
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The Awards will be presented at the 2017 Awards + Archival Screening Night at the Prytania Theatre, November 30, 2017
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“If New Orleans is not fully in the mainstream of culture, neither is it fully in the mainstream of time. Lacking a well-defined present, it lives somewhere between its past and its future, as if uncertain whether to advance or to retreat. Perhaps it is its perpetual ambivalence that is its secret charm. Somewhere between Preservation Hall and the Superdome, between voodoo and cybernetics, New Orleans listens eagerly to the seductive promises...
Read More“Through pestilence, hurricanes, and conflagrations the people continued to sing. They sang through the long oppressive years of conquering the swampland and fortifying the town against the ever threatening Mississippi. They are singing today. An irrepressible joie de vivre maintains the unbroken thread of music through the air. Yet, on occasion, if you ask an overburdened citizen why he is singing so gaily, he will give the time-honored...
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