This morning, Seattle's Scarecrow Video announced it will be converting its video library into a non-profit collective in an effort to preserve the world's largest "home video" collection of film and television with over 120,000 VHS, laserdiscs, VCDs, DVDs and Blu-ray titles. To accomplish this goal they have launched what they are calling "The Scarecrow Project" via a a Kickstarter campaign to aid in the creation of the non-profit, ensuring this collection's survival. The goal is to join the ranks of the American Film Institute, UCLA Film & Television Archive, The Film Foundation, American Genre Film Archive and the Film Noir Foundation in a commitment to preserving film history with a unique look at films you might not otherwise think of when it comes to the idea of preservation: With the explosion of home video in the 1980's came the birth of the direct-to-video industry. Countless direct-to-video films have never been released as16mm or 35mm prints.
- 8/12/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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