Films of State Conference - Panel 6: Government and Its People
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 2021-06-30

This is the sixth panel of the "Films of State: Moving Images Made by Governments" virtual conference, presented by the University of Maryland's Department of Cinema and Media Studies and the National Archives and Records Administration from April 7-9, 2021. This inaugural conference featured presentations, panel discussions, and film screenings, and was open to scholars, educators, filmmakers, students, information professionals, film historians, and anyone engaged in research on  and the re-use of government films.

The "Films of State" conference program may be viewed here: https://filmsofstate.wordpress.com/

"Government and Its People" Video Chapters
0:17 - Welcome and Panel Introductions, Oliver Gaycken (University of Maryland, College Park)
3:05 - "US Diplomatic Corps and the Nigerian Film Industry," Noah Tsika (Queens College, City University of New York)
11:47 - "A Motion Picture Program of Service for All Communities: The US Treasury's War Bond Drives and Nontheatrical Networks on the WWII Homefront," Tanya Goldman (New York University)
22:18 - "Splitting the Screen: Urban Rebellion, Participatory Documentary, and 'The Hartford Project' (1969), Stephen Charbonneau (Florida Atlantic University)
34:36 - "Correcting Corrections: Instructional Films for Corrections Officers Post-Attica," Catherine Harrington (Northwestern University)
41:53 - Panel Discussion (with NARA's Alexandra Geitz)

Links shared in panel chat:
-Harrington, Catherine. "You Already Know: Professionalizing Corrections through Instructional Film, 1976–1981." The Velvet Light Trap, vol. 85, 2020, p. 16-27, on Project MUSE - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/749155
-The digitized Hartford films may be found here - https://catalog.archives.gov/search?q=%22nuclear%20hartford%20series%22&tabType=online