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Come see incredible, strange, astonishing, hilarious, and curious films and videos from archives all around the world! Join FAR, Cicada Cinema, and IU Libraries Moving Image Archive for a FREE screening of the Archival Screening Night Roadshow Edition (2021) on November 18 at FAR's 505 Theater in Bloomington! Watch some short archival movies, have a drink, eat some snacks, and get some tips on how to save your own home movies!

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The Association of Moving Image Archivists is premiering its second edition of Archival Screening Night Roadshow Edition (2021) in cinemas around the country this November 18! A veritable treasures from the world's archives and archivists, ASN Roadshow is 20 astonishing short films and videos in 103 minutes! Archival Screening Night has been the centerpiece of every AMIA conference since 1991. What makes Archival Roadshow Edition special is that this members-only event is being made accessible to the public to see the incredible, strange, astonishing, hilarious, and curious treasures from the world’s moving image archives. This cinematic treasure chest features films from the United States, Mexico, Thailand, Hungary, and New Zealand, an appearance by Louis Jordan and the Tympany Five, a dancing Bobcat (it's not what you expect), Baltimore Breakdancing including the Chocolate Boogie, an Oscar®-winning animator and esteemed film historian now revealed as a comic actor in legendary commercials from the 1960s, Jack Lemon's first screening appearance as a helpless soldier, and much more! Many of the shorts will be presented by the archivists involved in saving and making accessible these audio-visual gems.

The Association of Moving Image Archivists is the international association dedicated to the preservation, discovery, and use of moving image media. Founded in 1990, AMIA is the world's largest organization for moving image archivists. Our nearly one thousand members represent 29 countries around the world. To learn more about AMIA, go to www.amianet.org.