The Archivist is dying

May 29, 2026 9 min
✓ Released 21 days ago

About

Through the use of archival material and manipulated photographs to generate a memory, 'the archivist is dying' is a personal, experimental short, invoking the mystical and academic in composition of poetry. The project uses footage from American Folklife Center Archive, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Internet Archive, Prelinger Archives, Black Film Archives, YouTube, LAPL, and is sound designed using Free Sound, The WPA and the Slave Narrative Collection, and original audio.

Movie Info

Status: Released
Director: Esme Laam
Runtime: 9 min