A Colombian organization working in audiovisual preservation and conservation; in 1987 it made the Archivo Histórico Cinematográfico de Los Acevedo publicly available after restoration and preservation.
Selected excerpts from our archive offer more context on this subject. Each reading links to the original article and its sources.
Reading an Audiovisual Archive Means Looking Beyond the Films a Museum Preserves
The Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano offers a clear example. According to the Censo-Guía, in 1987 it made the Archivo Histórico Cinematográfico de Los Acevedo publicly available after restoration and preservation; its records date from 1915 to 1955. The archive contains images of Colombia’s sociocultural context in early cinema and received UNESCO Memory of the World recognition in 2018.
Cinema Is Not Only Screened: How Archives, Film Libraries and Museums Turn Films into Heritage
The material dimension of film heritage becomes especially clear in the risks described by Colombia’s Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano. Its institutional record mentions nitrate-base flammability, decomposition, acetate-related vinegar syndrome, colour degradation, and technological obsolescence. These are different risks and do not call for one identical response.
KEY FACTS
- Type
- Company
- Year
- 1986
- Country or region
- Colombia
References
- fundación patrimonio fílmico colombiano (bogotá, colombia)censoarchivos.mcu.es
