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	The '''Human Studies Film Archives''' (HSFA), part of the [[Smithsonian]]'s [[National Museum of Natural History]], is devoted to preserving, documenting and providing access to [[Anthropology\|anthropological]] moving image materials. It is located at the [[Smithsonian Museum Support Center]] in [[Suitland, Maryland]].		The '''Human Studies Film Archives''' (HSFA), part of the [[Smithsonian]]'s [[w:National Museum of Natural History]], is devoted to preserving, documenting and providing access to [[Anthropology\|anthropological]] moving image materials. It is located at the [[w:Smithsonian Museum Support Center]] in [[w:Suitland, Maryland]].

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The '''Human Studies Film Archives''' (HSFA), part of the [[Smithsonian]]'s [[National Museum of Natural History]], is devoted to preserving, documenting and providing access to [[Anthropology|anthropological]] moving image materials. It is located at the [[Smithsonian Museum Support Center]] in [[Suitland, Maryland]].

==History==
The Archives officially began its mission in 1975 when, as the National Anthropological Film Center (NAFC), it initiated a program that both created and collected films of anthropological research interest. The NAFC was founded through the advocacy of a group of anthropologists and filmmakers, including [[Margaret Mead]], [[John Marshall (filmmaker)|John Marshall]], [[Timothy Asch]], and [[Jay Ruby]].<ref name=HSFA-history>{{cite web|last=Homiak|first=Jake|title=History of the Human Studies Film Archives|url=http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/guide/film_history.htm|publisher=National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives|accessdate=25 Nov 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127234352/http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/guide/film_history.htm|archive-date=27 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> As director of the NAFC, E. Richard Sorenson promoted anthropological film as a scientific research tool.<ref name=Sorenson>{{cite journal|last=Sorenson|first=E. Richard|title=To Further Phenomenological Inquiry: The National Anthropological Film Center|journal=Current Anthropology|date=June 1975|volume=16|issue=2|pages=267–269|jstor=2741128|doi=10.1086/201547|s2cid=144891901}}</ref> The center received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Institutes of Health.<ref name=ScienceNews2>{{cite journal|last=Horton|first=Alan W.|author2=E. Richard Sorenson|title=Anthropological Film Center|journal=Science News|date=1975-05-31|volume=107|issue=22|pages=347|doi=10.2307/3959823|jstor=3959823}}</ref> In 1981, the NAFC was renamed the Human Studies Film Archives and became part of the Department of Anthropology at the [[National Museum of Natural History]].<ref name=HSFA-history /> Today, HSFA collections and resources support research on specific cultures, the development of ethnographic film, and the broad study of visual culture. The Archives also promotes the importance of moving images as an integral part of the anthropological record.

==Collections==
HSFA collections comprise more than 7 million feet of [[Photographic film|film]] and almost one thousand hours of [[video]] recordings. These visual research resources, along with related documentary material encompass a broad range of [[documentary]], [[Travel documentary|travelogue]], ethnographic and amateur genres dating from 1908 to the present. Associated collections include more than 250,000 [[photograph]]s, fieldnotes and shot logs and field [[sound recording and reproduction|audio recordings]].<ref name=HSFA-intro>{{cite web|title=Guide to the Collections of the Human Studies Film Archives: Introduction|url=http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/guide/film_intro.htm|publisher=National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives|accessdate=25 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514213711/http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/guide/film_intro.htm|archive-date=14 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The HSFA holds several major [[ethnographic film]] collections, including: the [[John Marshall (filmmaker)|John Marshall]]'s films of the Ju/'hoan Bushmen ([[!Kung]]); [[Timothy Asch]] and [[Napoleon Chagnon]]'s films of the [[Yanomami]] of Brazil; the work of [[Jorge Preloran]]; and films by David and Judith MacDougall.<ref name=HSFA-intro />

==See also==
*[[National Anthropological Archives]]

==External links==
*[https://naturalhistory.si.edu/research/anthropology/collections-overview/anthropology-archives National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives on the Anthropology Collections and Archives page at the National Museum of Natural History]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100211024809/http://www.nmnh.si.edu/naa/guide/film_toc.htm HSFA Guide to Collections]
*[http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/films-preserved-through-the-nfpf National Film Preservation Foundation]
*[http://siris.si.edu/ SIRIS, Smithsonian online catalog]

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