2005 Campus-Community Partnerships
Outfest Legacy Project:
LGBT Film Study Collection at UCLA
| Awardee: | Tim Kittleson, Director |
| Partner: | :Outfest |
Abstract:
The UCLA Film and Television Archive has formed a partnership with Outfest, the premier showcase for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender films in Los Angeles, to collect and create a public study collection of these materials at UCLA.
The need for this initiative is profound. While mainstream films are collected by nonprofit archives and cared for by the commercial film industry itself, independent films are largely overlooked. Gay and lesbian independent films -- including significant titles from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s -- are in particular peril.
The Outfest Legacy Project will establish the Outfest LGBT Film Study Collection at UCLA by intaking Outfest's existing library of more than 3,300 preview tapes and discs to the Archive, as well as collecting future titles there. We will also transfer 75 feature-length (90 minute) tapes to a more stable digibeta format. This project will create the largest publicly accessible collection of LGBT films in the world. The UCLA in LA funding will help defray the costs of intake and tape transfer for this collection, and for outreach to the campus community, the scholarly community, the gay community and the general public.
