Andy Uhrich
@andy-uhrich.bsky.social
Assistant professor of moving image archiving at University of Colorado Boulder working on non-institutional approaches to media preservation.
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We gotta learn how to fight
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We gotta learn how to fight
To help right this wrong, you can support the @brownmediaarchives.bsky.social restoration of the '80s alternative music doc "Athens, GA: Inside Out" that features an amazing live performance by the Flat Duo Jets: give.uga.edu/funders/insi.... Great band, great film, great archive.
In his Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame induction speech, Jack White shouted out over 30 acts that inspired the White Stripes – none of whom have been inducted
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
www.stereogum.com/2329132/whit...
November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
To help right this wrong, you can support the @brownmediaarchives.bsky.social restoration of the '80s alternative music doc "Athens, GA: Inside Out" that features an amazing live performance by the Flat Duo Jets: give.uga.edu/funders/insi.... Great band, great film, great archive.
If I was applying to PhD programs, studying with Lori Emerson and Josh Shepperd and the rest of the Media Studies Department at CU Boulder would be pretty darn ideal.
Still recruiting PhD students for our Media Studies Department! Please see link below for more info @joshshepperd.bsky.social @stevenfrost.bsky.social @cumediastudies.bsky.social
we, @cumediastudies.bsky.social, are still recruiting new grad students to begin fall 2026! We are also hoping to see apps for our PhD program from individuals with a secondary interest in obtaining training in digital humanities #dh. details here and pls share---> docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If I was applying to PhD programs, studying with Lori Emerson and Josh Shepperd and the rest of the Media Studies Department at CU Boulder would be pretty darn ideal.
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also I collected Mira Nair’s papers, including her handwritten notebooks for all films, at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, FREE and open to the public. Much good work to be done. Finding aid here: hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories...
June 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
also I collected Mira Nair’s papers, including her handwritten notebooks for all films, at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, FREE and open to the public. Much good work to be done. Finding aid here: hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories...
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New York, NY: Curator, Moving Image & Recorded Sound, Schomburg Center at New York Public Library
New York, NY: Curator, Moving Image & Recorded Sound, Schomburg Center at New York Public Library
archivesgig.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New York, NY: Curator, Moving Image & Recorded Sound, Schomburg Center at New York Public Library
I just donated to help preserve this film that put me on the path to being an indie music fan and media archivist. You should too. Here's the link: give.uga.edu/funders/insi....
Wow! We are nearly at the $40,000 mark for our project to restore ATHENS, GA: INSIDE/OUT, a film that put #Athens' music scene on the map! Please share widely and donate what you can! For $500 we'll put your name in the resto credits!
October 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I just donated to help preserve this film that put me on the path to being an indie music fan and media archivist. You should too. Here's the link: give.uga.edu/funders/insi....
If Julia Roberts is an assistant professor in this move and I am an asst professor how come her apt is so much nicer'n mine?
October 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If Julia Roberts is an assistant professor in this move and I am an asst professor how come her apt is so much nicer'n mine?
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I also DIY digitized about five mini DV tapes from late ‘80s to mid ‘90s from my childhood and burst into tears at the moment I heard the voices of my deceased grandparents.
TL;DR — save your home movies, especially when they are on videotape. Two of the other mini DV tapes had already degraded.
TL;DR — save your home movies, especially when they are on videotape. Two of the other mini DV tapes had already degraded.
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I also DIY digitized about five mini DV tapes from late ‘80s to mid ‘90s from my childhood and burst into tears at the moment I heard the voices of my deceased grandparents.
TL;DR — save your home movies, especially when they are on videotape. Two of the other mini DV tapes had already degraded.
TL;DR — save your home movies, especially when they are on videotape. Two of the other mini DV tapes had already degraded.
I bought it. You should too. Dorothy's work is an inspiration.
I am beyond excited (and nervous!) to announce that my first book, "The House Archives Built and Other Thoughts on Black Archival Possibilities" is available for sale!
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
This series of essay includes reworked talks, new reflections, and a lot of my heart
weherespace.myshopify.com/products/the...
October 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I bought it. You should too. Dorothy's work is an inspiration.
Ah, a journalism program that doesn't want its students to publish news. I am very disappointed in my alma mater. And more than a bit heartbroken.
Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.
October 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Ah, a journalism program that doesn't want its students to publish news. I am very disappointed in my alma mater. And more than a bit heartbroken.
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Lovely piece on the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research!
news.wisc.edu/a-global-hub...
news.wisc.edu/a-global-hub...
A global hub for Hollywood history
UW–Madison’s Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research preserves priceless materials from the entertainment industry.
news.wisc.edu
September 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Lovely piece on the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research!
news.wisc.edu/a-global-hub...
news.wisc.edu/a-global-hub...
The power of synchronicity when doing research. I randomly purchased the April 1952 "Popular Photography" from eBay for a project where I'm tracking the number of companies that were selling commercial films to the home market. This issue is not digitized as far as I can tell.
September 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The power of synchronicity when doing research. I randomly purchased the April 1952 "Popular Photography" from eBay for a project where I'm tracking the number of companies that were selling commercial films to the home market. This issue is not digitized as far as I can tell.
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The @mediaburn.bsky.social Archive is an extraordinary primary source resource, filled with "Lost Objects" from video history that are fascinating, funny, and thought-provoking.
If you've never kicked around it, go check it out.
The latest in the Lint Trap.
open.substack.com/pub/linttrap...
If you've never kicked around it, go check it out.
The latest in the Lint Trap.
open.substack.com/pub/linttrap...
![Image of a shirtless Pittsburgh Steeler football player Lynn Swann wearing a baseball cap, with the text: "Historic [Chicago] Video Digitized: The MediaBurn Archive. The Media Burn Archive, out of Chicago, has digitized and made available some very interesting (and historic) video."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t2qjroh4ptd34vkxjf4haqy3/bafkreigrc26ipimookb5q54qo2srfsbz5z5l3kddznq5sfj4pj6hj2z4oe@jpeg)
September 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The @mediaburn.bsky.social Archive is an extraordinary primary source resource, filled with "Lost Objects" from video history that are fascinating, funny, and thought-provoking.
If you've never kicked around it, go check it out.
The latest in the Lint Trap.
open.substack.com/pub/linttrap...
If you've never kicked around it, go check it out.
The latest in the Lint Trap.
open.substack.com/pub/linttrap...
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People dancing in Grant Park at the sixth annual Taste of Chicago in July 1985 🕺🏽
From a reel of Super 8 film in the Bill Stamets Collection.
From a reel of Super 8 film in the Bill Stamets Collection.
September 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
People dancing in Grant Park at the sixth annual Taste of Chicago in July 1985 🕺🏽
From a reel of Super 8 film in the Bill Stamets Collection.
From a reel of Super 8 film in the Bill Stamets Collection.
Will McKinley's thread of public media job losses is sobering & depressing reading, but it's absolutely crucial to track the cultural and educational destruction that the current administration is purposely creating.
34 PBS staffers will lose their jobs this week, part of a 15% workforce reduction that will eliminate 100 jobs.
And additional layoffs are happening at stations around the country, with many "in danger of shutting down."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b... #PBS
And additional layoffs are happening at stations around the country, with many "in danger of shutting down."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b... #PBS
PBS to Cut 15% of Its Staff
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Will McKinley's thread of public media job losses is sobering & depressing reading, but it's absolutely crucial to track the cultural and educational destruction that the current administration is purposely creating.
My favorite archive (tied for first with at least 10 other archives) is preserving my teenage self's favorite movie. Help out if you can.
All you fans of ATHENS, GA: INSIDE/OUT! We're restoring this classic docty for its 40th anniversary! A new print & new extras for the perfect docty about Athens, its beloved characters, and a few bands you may have heard of. Join in the preservation efforts! Donate here: give.uga.edu/funders/insi...
Restore and Relive an Athens Treasure
Celebrate 40 years of Athens, GA: Inside/Out — give today to help preserve the original film for future generations.
give.uga.edu
September 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My favorite archive (tied for first with at least 10 other archives) is preserving my teenage self's favorite movie. Help out if you can.
Absolutely essential reading for archivists and folks interested in thinking about how we create the past. Can't wait to read it!
Excited to finally announce the release of my first ever book, and the first ever book from we here press. It is a pocket-size guide to my archival theories and experiences in the form of essays- some you may have heard in part as lectures, some which are unpublished until now.
www.weherepress.org
www.weherepress.org
August 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Absolutely essential reading for archivists and folks interested in thinking about how we create the past. Can't wait to read it!
My next tattoo. From a "Boston Globe" article on film piracy from January 31, 1975.
August 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My next tattoo. From a "Boston Globe" article on film piracy from January 31, 1975.
Don't snub Snub.
It's here! Dave Glass's new Kickstarter for restored Snub Pollard comedies has just launched, and I hope you'll dive in and pledge to this important silent film 2-disc set of restorations.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ree...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ree...
Snub Pollard - silent comedian
A 2-disc Blu-ray set featuring a LOT of rare & restored Snub!
www.kickstarter.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Don't snub Snub.
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On mediaburn's site you'll also find a large collection of Sykes' films, and yes all available to watch for free, if you're into Video Art and Experimental Cinema you need to check out this site, it's truly great. Make sure to spread the word and support!
mediaburn.org/watch-videos...
mediaburn.org/watch-videos...
August 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
On mediaburn's site you'll also find a large collection of Sykes' films, and yes all available to watch for free, if you're into Video Art and Experimental Cinema you need to check out this site, it's truly great. Make sure to spread the word and support!
mediaburn.org/watch-videos...
mediaburn.org/watch-videos...
This is very exciting news as someone that moved to the Denver area yesterday.
Mark your calendars!! QUEENS OF DESTRUCTION are coming to the Denver Silent Film Festival on Sept 13th!!! Tickets on sale now! The screening will be presented by co-curator @hennefem.bsky.social w/ glorious live music by Hank Troy. 📽🎶‼️🎊
denversilentfilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule/689...
denversilentfilmfestival.eventive.org/schedule/689...
August 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is very exciting news as someone that moved to the Denver area yesterday.
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133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/b...
133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations | CNN Business
Eastman Kodak, the 133-year-old photography company, is warning investors thats it might not survive much longer.
www.cnn.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
133-year old Kodak says it might have to cease operations www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/b...
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Today the NFPF announced the 81 films and collections to be preserved in 2025, including an amateur version of Snow White (1945) by Knoxville, TN filmmaker Mildred Keister Dennis. Read more here: www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2025/8/5/81-films-to-be-preserved-by-2025-nfpf-preservation-grants
August 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Today the NFPF announced the 81 films and collections to be preserved in 2025, including an amateur version of Snow White (1945) by Knoxville, TN filmmaker Mildred Keister Dennis. Read more here: www.filmpreservation.org/blog/2025/8/5/81-films-to-be-preserved-by-2025-nfpf-preservation-grants
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Alexander Dovzhenko‘s EARTH on 35mm w/ live accompaniment by Whine Cave. Tonight at 7pm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social
August 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Alexander Dovzhenko‘s EARTH on 35mm w/ live accompaniment by Whine Cave. Tonight at 7pm at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social