Missing Movies and Lost Films

In this episode, contributor Sean Naughton (he/him) and host Edward Frumkin (he/him) analyze the importance of restoring and preserving films, and recognizing these efforts from Missing Movies, a group of filmmakers, distributors, and archivists advocating for accessible cinema. Then Edward reviews The Time Traveler’s Wife, Cason Suggs’ recommendation. Finally in today’s concluding thought, Edward discusses his new adopted home. Time Codes: 1:10 - Introducing Missing Movies 4:00 - Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation and World Cinema Project 8:25 - Limitations of a physical and digital archives 11:10 - Missing Movies Efforts to Preserve Films 15:53 - Edward's Review: The Time Traveler's Wife 19:15 - Acknowledge the Biases that Archivists Have 21:35 - Discussing the Archive's Impact as Shown in America by Garrett Bradley 24:40 - The Afterlight by Charlie Shackleton and Discussing the Missing Movies Manifesto 30:00 - Recommending Kino Lorber's Pioneers of African-American Cinema 33:12 - Concluding Thought: Edward's New Adopted Home Show Notes:  America by Garrett Bradley Film Foundation Pioneers of African-American Cinema Co-Curated by Jacqueline Stewart and Charles Musser Missing Movies Manifesto and Press