Our SaveAFilm initiative allows free internet access to a number of our films.  See how you can view them and participate in our efforts.

The Clifford West Preservation Project focused on preserving the film output of an important filmmaker whose work encompassed the art of Florence, Italy, and artists such as Edvard Munch, and Harry Bertoia.  

Lost & Found FilmKids identifies what some of the kids that appeared in academic films are doing today

Director Geoff Alexander made two presentations at the November, 2002 Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) conference in Boston.  The first, as a panelist on Rethinking 'Educational' Films, presented a differentiation between the Academic and the Guidance film, and called for increased awareness, scholarship, and preservation of the Academic Film.  The second presentation was a one-evening retrospective on the work of filmmaker Bert Van Bork.   He also made a presentation on the challenges of ensuring the survivability of film archives in institutional settings, along with recommendations, at the AMIA 2006 conference in Anchrage.

The Morlam VCD Project represents the first effort by western researchers to document this important song form, originally from the Isaan (Esarn) area of northeastern Thailand, and now popular in Bangkok as well.  

The Academic Film Archive of North America is a Beta site for the Moving Image Collections (MIC) initiative, a partnership between the Library of Congress and the Association of Moving Image Archivists.  MIC's Union Catalogue will eventually act as the world's film catalogue.

Prior to founding the Academic Film Archive of North America, director Geoff Alexander initiated several non-film cultural projects  Among these were papers on Flamenco music, the history of the jazz organ, and a survey of Black preaching styles.  He was also a composer and performer of electronic avant-garde music for Farfisa organ and keyboards.