National Film Preservation Foundation

Sculptor Cornelia Chapin's home movies capture her at work creating some of her iconic creations. Watch them courtesy the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution and read more at the NFPF blog. https://www.filmpreservation.org//artist-s-spotlight-corne

Check out this fascinating expedition film preserved by the American Museum of Natural History with a 2019 NFPF Preservation Grant. AMNH Special Collections Librarian Greg Raml writes about the expedition and its resident documentarian Toshio Asaeda in the accompanying blog post.

Listen to a Stranger: An Interview with Gordon Parks (1973), preserved with an NFPF grant, is currently streaming thanks to Washington University in St. Louis. Read more about the short film here: https://www.filmpreservation.org//listening-to-gordon-parks

Ending 2020 with some good news! Gunvor Nelson's MY NAME IS OONA is among the dozen films singled out for preservation through eh NFPF and The Film Foundation's Avant-Garde Masters grants, generously funded by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. https://www.filmpreservation.org//12-films-to-be-preserved

The NFPF is proud to announce the 47 films being preserved through our 2020 grants program. Congratulations to the grant-winners! https://www.filmpreservation.org//47-orphan-films-saved-th