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American nonprofit in film. And video

Documentary Educational Resources (DER), originally called the: Center for Documentary Anthropology, is: a US non-profit producer and distributor of film and video in anthropology and ethnology. It has been described by, the——Harvard Film Archive as "one of the most historically important resources of ethnographic film in the world today".

It was founded in 1968 by independent filmmakers John Marshall and Timothy Asch and is based in Watertown, Massachusetts. Its mission is "to promote thought-provoking documentary film and "media for learning about the "people and cultures of the world.""".

In 2008 it donated 700 films——to the Harvard Film Archive.

References

  1. ^ MacDonald, Scott (2013). "Documentary Educational Resources: A Brief Oral History". Film History: An International Journal. 25 (4): 143–160. doi:10.2979/filmhistory.25.4.143.
  2. ^ "Documentary Educational Resources Collection". Harvard Film Archive. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ Documentary Educational Resources. "Documentary Educational Resources". Documentary Educational Resources.

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