[BCMA] Premier of VIFF 2022 film “Unarchived” and AABC/ACA Roundtea

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

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Colleagues,

The Vancouver International Film Festival will be screening the World
Premier of “Unarchived” this coming weekend, Sept 30 – Oct 2, 2022. The
film is a documentary about the state of BC archives from the perspective
of community archivists in the province.


https://viff.org/whats-on/unarchived-viff-connect/#event-overview

*“For too long, the past has been the exclusive domain of the white
colonial power structure. The good news is, we are in the midst of a
paradigm shift in consciousness when it comes to appreciating history from
multiple viewpoints. In this zippy NFB documentary, Hayley Gray and Elad
Tzadok survey the inspiring work of a handful of community archives across
British Columbia. It’s an important and timely reminder that the model of a
centralized repository of records and artifacts is highly
problematic—indeed, the official version of our history as presented by the
Royal Museum of BC, for example, has consciously or not served to propagate
a white supremacist narrative.*

*In contrast, Gray and Tzadok talk to curators and archivists from groups
traditionally marginalized or excluded communities: Indigenous, Queer,
Trans, the Chinese Canadian Museum, the Tahltan Nation, the South Asian
Legacy Project, and others. Along the way, we learn the secret, neglected,
and untold histories of this place we only think we know.”*



The film will also be available for online streaming through VIFF Connect
between Oct 4-9, 2022 (tickets $10.00).


The AABC is pleased to partner with our ACA colleagues to bring you an
upcoming Roundtea where we will discuss the film. Details and registration
for this event will be posted shortly.


Regards,

Lisa

Lisa Glandt, MAS
Education and Advisory Services (EAS) Coordinator
Archives Association of British Columbia
email: aabc.advisor at aabc.ca
website: aabc.ca

I respectfully acknowledge that I work on the unceded, traditional and
ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh
(Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
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