Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
@wcftr
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Home to over three hundred collections from playwrights, television and movie writers, producers, actors, designers, directors, and production companies.
816 State Street Madison, WI
Joined January 2021
We are aware of issues that users are experiencing when attempting to access many of our websites, including the @mediahistorydl. We are investigating the root cause and will provide further updates as we learn more. We apologize for the inconvenience.
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The documentary is now streaming on Netflix. Be sure to give it a watch! .
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Ed Sullivan broke barriers by booking Black artists on his Sunday night variety show. This documentary spotlights the TV pioneer's legacy of equality.
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ICYMI: There's a new documentary about legendary television host Ed Sullivan and his contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. It uses materials from the WCFTR's collections to tell this important piece of entertainment history.
How Ed Sullivan Quietly (and Loudly) Became a Civil Rights Icon. Netflix documentary 'Sunday's Best' re-examines the television host's fight for racial equality, one groundbreaking musical act at a time.
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RT @uwcommarts: There are over 1,000 tapes in the @wcftr project, Love, Links, Archives, but only six earned the title of “favorite clip” f….
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RT @uwcommarts: Comm Arts and @WCFTR were honored to welcome Chancellor Mnookin and her family to Vilas Hall yesterday for an archival show….
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RT @uwcinematheque: On our blog, Matt St. John discusses Film Programmer/Curator Amos Vogel and our tribute to his Cinema 16 Film Society.….
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RT @uwcinematheque: Samira Makhmalbaf's THE APPLE. #35mm print from @wcftr, Sun, 3/9, 2pm @ChazenArtUW, 750 University Ave. Free admission!….
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RT @OnWisMag: TWILIGHT ZONE and NIGHT GALLERY creator Rod Serling donated a sizable archive to @UWMadison, including revelatory stories, sp….
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Science fiction icon Rod Serling gave the university a collection of his classic scripts and stories.
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RT @uwcinematheque: 6pm tonight (Fri, 2/14), James Earl Jones & Diana Sands in ep. of "East Side/West Side," a restoration collab of @UCLAF….
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RT @UWMadison: #UWMadison’s research enterprise is at the heart of the Wisconsin Idea, our commitment to innovating for the public good and….
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Update: A temporary restraining order was granted in the case of 22 states, including Wisconsin, filing suit against the NIH and its 15% funding cap on indirect costs. The court action blocks the...
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For now, though, you can watch the opening few minutes of LAFCADIO on the WCFTR blog:
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Zachary Zahos In the course of an average day, archivists at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research handle one-of-a-kind materials, whose historical value draws researchers from across...
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We are working to determine the copyright status of Béranger's films, in order to facilitate their wider access in the near future. Stay tuned for more updates!.
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@zzahos writes: Directed by Jean Béranger, Lafcadio (1948, Jean Béranger) is an avant-garde short, filmed in Paris in 1948, that stands out for its time due to its nonlinear structure and candid, sympathetic depiction of queer sexuality.
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Read more about LAFCADIO (1948, Jean Béranger), a lost film found at the WCFTR (and watch a short excerpt!) in this blog post from WCFTR Fellow @zzahos: . #lostFilm #archives #cinemaHistory #frenchFilm #avantGarde.
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Zachary Zahos In the course of an average day, archivists at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research handle one-of-a-kind materials, whose historical value draws researchers from across...
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RT @zzahos: Even more exciting: the team @wcftr has uncovered a seemingly lost short film and guess what—it's GAY! I discuss Jean Béranger'….
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The following notes on Lafcadio were written by Dr. Zach Zahos, Public History Fellow at the WCFTR and alumnus of the department of Communication Arts at UW-Madison. On Sunday, January 26, Lafcadio...
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The project will @mediahistorydl pressbooks, @ChronAmLOC's newspaper scans, and @CHTC_UW's computing clusters to analyze film history at scale. As an example: papers in Indianapolis, IN and Juneau, AK repeated full sections of a studio's publicity material nearly 1 year apart!
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We’re thrilled to share that we’ve received a $148,428 grant from @NEHgov for Project Ballyhoo, which studies the 20th century movie publicity & the re-use of text and images from Hollywood pressbooks in newspapers across the US. Read more on our blog:
wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu
Ben Pettis The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR) has received a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for a project titled...
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We're proud to be able to care for Rod Serling's collection! It includes correspondence, scripts, speeches and articles, reports, press releases, news clippings, and unproduced writings for TV, film, radio, and theater.
wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu
TWILIGHT ZONE creator Rod Serling had no connection to Wisconsin but donated his archive to @UWMadison. Find out why, learn about the collection's Hollywood treasures, and even hear a rare recording of Serling dictating a script in his haunting voice.
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