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...preparation for Rebirth, Miller conducted much of his research at the Harvard Film Archive (HFA). The HFA has a history of assisting scholars, filmmakers, and other artists, by providing access to over 8,000 films in their collection, stored in humidity-controlled vaults...
...these vaults contains the cleanest prints of The Birth of a Nation. Because the HFA has a policy of not allowing film prints to be copied or loaned, Miller had to work on site...
Former Cavell Curator of the HFA Bruce Jenkins recalls Miller approaching the archive for assistance when Rebirth was still in its conceptual state. Intrigued by Miller’s plans, the HFA worked to help develop a project in which Miller would DJ to the film in Sanders Theatre. However, the HFA was unsuccessful in gaining institutional support to co-sponsor the event, and what would have been the world premiere of Rebirth failed to materialize...
Robert Drew’s 1960 film Primary, which kicked off the HFA film series on Thursday, chronicles the efforts of John F. Kennedy ’40, who was also a Crimson editor, to defeat Hubert H. Humphrey for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. It is widely seen as the first foray into the politics of cinéma vérité (sometimes termed “direct cinema”), a subset of the documentary genre featuring factual portrayal of the subject’s activities, with minimal interference by the director...
...survived. Pennebaker, the former member of Drew’s team, directed the 1992 film The War Room, a character study of slogan-toting Democratic consultants James Carville and George Stephanopoulos and an analysis of the effects of their rapid response campaign strategy. The film plays this evening at HFA...