Metadata: Blinken OSA Film Library
Collection
- Country:
- Hungary
- Holding institution:
- Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Vera és Donald Blinken Nyílt Társadalom Archívum
- Postal address:
- Arany János u. 32, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
- Phone number:
- 36-1-327-3250
- Web address:
- https://osaarchivum.org/
- Email:
- info@osaarchivum.org
- Title:
- Blinken OSA Film Library
- Creator/accumulator:
- Blinken OSA Film Library
- Date(s):
- 1934/2022
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Hungarian
- Spanish; Castilian
- Polish
- Arabic
- German
- Hebrew
- Type of material:
- Moving images
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
Blinken OSA’s non-circulating Film Library holds an unparalleled range of classic and rare fiction and nonfiction works in almost 100 languages, among them documentary, propaganda, and educational films related to Soviet and Eastern European history and culture, focusing on the Cold War, Communism, and totalitarianism, as well as international human rights abuses and war crimes. The Library also contains all films submitted to the Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
The material related to Jewish history and culture is an essential part of the Blinken OSA Film Library. The collection includes 99 films released from 1934 to 2012. The films cover a variety of topics and are mostly related to Jewish history and human rights.
- Archival history:
- The films are being processed upon arrival to the library.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Our films come from various sources, from individual donors, national film and television archives, and public vendors. Some have English subtitles, while others are available only in their original languages.
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Jewish community
- Migration
- Migration--Emigration
- Access, restrictions:
- Reproduction is allowed for non-commercial purposes.
- Finding aids:
- The catalog (folders/items level) is available online.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives
- Author of the description:
- Anastasia Felcher; Blinken OSA; 2022.