Margaret Cram and other itinerant women directors made Movie Queen films in the 1930s. Movie Queen, Lubec was shot on the coast of Maine and preserved by Northeast Historic Film.
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Mar
26
Northeast Historic Film owns the 1916 Alamo Theatre building on Main Street in Bucksport where we operate a community cinema. We have two 35mm variable speed projectors and show Archival Moments before every show.
Studios no longer distribute film that will run on our projectors. A community initiative is raising money for digital cinema projection equipment. http://www.gofundme.com/Save-the-Alamo-Theatre Thank you to all who have contributed. Please give now, as a new grant from the Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation will match your gift. Thank you!
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Mar
8
Join us in Augusta, Maine, on March 25, Noon
The Holocaust and Human Rights Center and the Maine Jewish Film Festival present a free conference on archive materials intended to inform and engage scholars, students, filmmakers and the general public in the critical role archive plays in a social and cultural context. Whether family photos, official documents, newsreel or home movies, archive materials are invaluable to both the individual and a society’s identity. Who gathers these materials and how are they cataloged, preserved and made accessible to the public?
This conference is made possible through the support of the Bernard Osher Jewish Philanthropies and registration is free.
The conference will...
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Jan
24
We are now accepting applications for the 2014 William S. O'Farrell Fellowship! For more information about how to apply please visit: http://oldfilm.org/content/william-s-ofarrell-fellowship
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Jan
8
Visions of House and Home
Call for Papers and mark your calendars!
Thursday, July 24 - Saturday, July 26, 2014
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