In December 2017, IUB Libraries and the BFC/A launched the Josef Gugler African and Middle Eastern Film Collection through Indiana University’s Image Collections Online (ICO) (see story on BFC/A blog). Since then, I worked with the BFC/A’s hourly staff to scan an additional 1,315 posters, photographs, lobby cards, and handbills from the collection and added… Continue reading Additions to IU Image Collections Online from the Josef Gugler and Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Collections
A Sound Archivist in a Film Archivist’s World
Working at Indiana University’s Black Film Center/Archive (BFC/A) has been an exciting and interesting experience for me. Although I definitely enjoy film, including work by directors who fall outside the Hollywood mainstream (Dario Argento, Akira Kurosawa, and Jan Švankmajer, to name a few), I wouldn’t consider myself to be a film buff let alone a… Continue reading A Sound Archivist in a Film Archivist’s World