From finding and using the footage you want in your film - to what exactly an archival producer is responsible for - to the point of view of an archivist - who helps to preserve these materials, and how archiving is important at all levels - personal and community. Join us to hear from archival producer and filmmaker Amilca Palmer and archivist Marie Lascu.

When: Wednesday Oct 15th at 6 PM

Where: City College of NY, Shepard Hall 259 Convent Ave at 140th street, Room 290

ASL, Cart provided and light refreshments.

To get there: #1 to 137th Street, ABCD to 145th Street. Accessible route: #6 to 125th St, M 101 to 140th street. Building and room are accessible.

Amilca Palmer is a Brooklyn-based producer and researcher who has worked on numerous critically acclaimed documentaries, including the celebrated PBS series African American Lives with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the Emmy Award-winning film The Murder of Emmett Till. Marie Lascu is a founding member of the Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) Collective and is the Digital Archivist for Ballet Tech, an NYC public dance school. She has worked as an audiovisual archiving consultant for over a decade with many organizations and individuals.

Presented by the Documentary Forum at CCNY and Third World Newsreel

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