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Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record (1987)
Directed by Terry Sanders
Documentary · 58m
A documentary describing the devastating deterioration of intellectual documents such as pamphlets, photographs, films, drawings, and maps. Assesses the situation, demonstrates preservation and restoration techniques, and suggests ways to prevent deterioration in the future. Features remarks by several experts, writers, and historians, such as James Michener, Barbara Tuchman, Daniel Boorstin, and Vartan Gregorian.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Terry Sanders
- Writer
- Ben Maddow, Terry Sanders
- Editor
- William T. Cartwright
Details
- Release date
- 1987-01-01
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Production
- American Film Foundation