Chronicles of The Laska Archives, 38min,. USA
Directed by Jennava Laska
A documentary about the creation of one of the largest private archival 16mm film collections in the world. A self-confessed “pack rat” father, Lewis and his filmmaker daughter, Jennava brought this archive back from the brink of being lost forever. The remarkable collection of news footage captured American history from 1952 to 1974 uncovered long lost clips of John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Oprah Winfrey and many more. The collection was digitized, cataloged and made available to the public from 2020 to today. In total the massive collection spanned 122,120,760 frames… 3,053,019 feet of film… 1,413 hours, 26 minutes, 5 seconds, 10,398 clips archived…58.7 terabytes… This documentary chronicles how the Laska Archive came to be.

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Connie - the powers and possibilities of community engagement, 25min., USA
Directed by Dorothea Braemer
“Connie” is a 30-minute documentary about the life and work of 91-year-old activist, women’s advocate, and inspirational leader Constance Bowles Eve. Her most important accomplishment was the creation of Women for Human Rights and Dignity, Inc. (WHRD) an initiative that helped incarcerated women by offering alternatives to incarceration, mentoring, job training, housing, and more. Connie also worked hand in hand with her husband Arthur O. Eve, who was Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly from 1979-2002. The film seeks to inspire with Connie’s can-do spirit and deeply lived belief in collective action.

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