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Students of New Orleans Find “A Place to Start” in Newly-Preserved Film

Amistad has received a new preservation transfer of the 1972 film “A Place to Start,” thanks to a grant from the National Film Preservation

Ruby Bridges Footage Preserved with National Grant

Preservation work has now been completed on rare home movie footage of Ruby Bridges, thanks to a grant from the National Film...

Harold Sylvester Papers Now Open for Research

The Amistad Research Center is pleased to announce that the personal papers of actor, writer, and film producer, Harold Sylvester are now...

50 Years/50 Collections: Harold Sylvester papers

This week, Amistad is delighted to highlight one our most recent acquisitions. The papers of actor/producer/writer Harold Sylvester came...

50 Years/50 Collections: Ed Pincus and Filming the Movement

The Ed Pincus film collection came to the Amistad Research Center in 2001. Pincus is a documentary filmmaker who has focused on exposing...

50 Years/50 Collections: Real Life New Orleans History in the Green Photograph and Film Collection

Home movies can provide a wonderful glimpse into everyday life. They record events and traditions often seen as so commonplace at the...

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