The Archivist is dying

2026
Trailer
Through the use of archival material and manipulated photographs to generate a memory, 'the archivist is dying' is a personal, experimental short, invoking the mystical and academic in composition of poetry. The project uses footage from American Folklife Center Archive, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Internet Archive, Prelinger Archives, Black Film Archives, YouTube, LAPL, and is sound designed using Free Sound, The WPA and the Slave Narrative Collection, and original audio.
Release Date
2026-05-29
Status
Released
Original Title
The Archivist is dying
Runtime
9 min
Original Language
EN
Overview
Through the use of archival material and manipulated photographs to generate a memory, 'the archivist is dying' is a personal, experimental short, invoking the mystical and academic in composition of poetry. The project uses footage from American Folklife Center Archive, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Internet Archive, Prelinger Archives, Black Film Archives, YouTube, LAPL, and is sound designed using Free Sound, The WPA and the Slave Narrative Collection, and original audio.
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