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About the Project
Film Censorship in Argentina
Project Grant
Since its establishment in 1971, the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken has held a prominent position in the realm of film preservation. In particular, the institution has played a crucial role in preserving cinematographic heritage during a complex period marked by the coups d'état of 1966 and 1976.
This project will digitize a number of collections created during this time to ensure access and preservation. The chosen collections primarily include the Clippings Collection, covering directors, films, and topics from 1969 (the creation of the Film Censorship Committee) to 1983 (the year of the restoration of democracy); the Collection of the Film Censorship Committee Fund (comprising documents related to the intervention and censorship of 120 scripts); and the materials associated with censorship and the restriction of freedom of expression during the dictatorship years, such as reports, institutional observations, press kits for film distribution, photographs, posters, hand programs, and film newscasts.
Project Leads
- Ana Laura Lusnich, Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) and the National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET)
- Pamela Gionco, UBA
- Paula Félix Didier, Museo del Cine
Host Institution
Asociación Civil Amigos del Museo del Cine “Pablo Christian Ducrós Hicken” (Argentina)
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MEAP Planning Grant
This project catalogued the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken’s clippings collection. In particular, the project documented materials related to the Ente de Calificación Cinematográfica (Film Censorship Committee) that was in charge of the revision and approval of scripts, films and releases in Argentina (1969–1984). These documents include newspaper articles, editorials, interviews, postcards and private notes. The collection allows researchers (historians, film critics, anthropologists) to learn about this period beyond state produced documentation at a time when cultural production was closely monitored and censored.
The project also explored copyright laws related to previously published materials in the collection with the aim of future digitization and publication.
Collection Inventory
Item-level description (opens in a new tab)of 2,238 clippings, stored in 57 folders (Topics subset).
The surveyed clipping include:
- Collection Details: Clipping collection at the Museo del Cine “Pablo Ducrós Hicken” + Folder Name
- Item Details
- Publication info
Download the Museo del Cine “Pablo Ducrós Hicken” Clippings Collection Inventory(opens in a new tab)
Collection Surveys
Folder-level description for 139 Folders, holding 8895 clippings. The survey is organized around three different subsets (Topics, People and Films).
This survey was made in the Museo del Cine building between March and May 2023. The team counted document by document of each of the selected folders and gathered relevant information to plan further actions with the collection. The complete selection has an extension of 5,25 linear feet (160 metros lineales) of paper based documents in several languages, such as Spanish, English, French, German, among others. The folders subsets are a pre-existing categorization given by the Museo del Cine.
Topics: 1,802 clippings of 15 folders
People: 2,701 clippings of 32 folders
Films: 4,492 clippings of 82 folders