DVD use copies of archived documentaries are now available for viewing. A list of recent acquisitions can be found here.
Full Frame Archive
In April 2007 the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival partnered with the Duke University Libraries to acquire, archive, and preserve copies of the festival’s award-winning films. As a unique record reflecting the social, cultural, political, and economic realities of our global landscape, these films are valuable resources that benefit both the University and broader scholarly community. The Full Frame Archive at Duke University protects these vivid depictions of our changing world by providing each award-winning documentary film with a safe and permanent home.
A pioneering effort and unique resource for interdisciplinary research, the Full Frame Archive constitutes one of a few collections in the nation dedicated to preserving award-winning documentary films. Full Frame’s award-winning films strengthen the Library’s collection with the potential to support research in a wide variety of disciplines and programs, including African-American studies, environmental studies, immigration studies, visual studies, and literature, to name just a few.
The Full Frame Archive promotes the groundbreaking work created by today’s documentary filmmakers and guarantees a lasting legacy for both the festival and the artists. This exciting new collaboration encourages the use of documentary film as a catalyst for interdisciplinary scholarship, dynamic dialogue, and social change.
Non-circulating DVD copies of each preserved film will be available for individual research in the reading room of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. Licensed copies of the award-winning documentaries will be purchased from the filmmakers and available for wider use through the circulating collection at Lilly Library.
Preservation of all the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival award-winning films is in progress. Please check back in June 2008 to access the Full Frame Archive finding aid online and see a list of films available for viewing.
The Full Frame Archive is made possible through support from the following sponsors:
Alpha Cine Labs, Seattle
Duke University Office of the President
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
For more information about the Full Frame Archive, please contact Kirston Johnson (919.681.7963).
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