{"id":6005,"date":"2019-06-02T21:19:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T01:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meganrossman.com\/?post_type=portfolio_item&#038;p=6005"},"modified":"2022-07-12T14:01:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T18:01:54","slug":"the-archivettes","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_item","link":"https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/project\/the-archivettes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Archivettes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Archivettes\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/242633100?h=6a67862b4b&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cOur history was disappearing as quickly as we were making it.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>With that realization, Deborah Edel and Joan Nestle co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the world\u2019s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>For more than 40 years, through many of the major milestones in LGBTQ+ history, the all-volunteer organization has literally rescued history from the trash.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>Now the co-founders are in their mid-70s, and the group faces a number of challenges: A transfer of leadership. The rise of digital technology. A renewed call to activism in a politically charged moment.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p><em>The Archivettes<\/em> is a documentary film that explores how this group came together to combat lesbian invisibility and create \u201ca place that says yes.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6061 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BESTDOCUMENTARY-StampedFilmFestival-2019-620x412.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BESTDOCUMENTARY-StampedFilmFestival-2019-620x412.png 620w, https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BESTDOCUMENTARY-StampedFilmFestival-2019-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BESTDOCUMENTARY-StampedFilmFestival-2019-940x624.png 940w, https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BESTDOCUMENTARY-StampedFilmFestival-2019-83x55.png 83w, 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For Reel (Massachusettes, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Fresno Reel Pride (California, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Reeling Film Festival (Illinois, 2019): Winner, Audience Award<\/li>\r\n<li>Out On Film (Georgia, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Iris Prize (Wales, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Seattle Queer Film Festival (Washington, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Provincetown Women&#8217;s Week (Massachusetts, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Queer Porto, Lisboa (Portugal, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Florence Queer Festival (Italy, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>NewFest (New York, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Cinema Politica (Canada, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>SHOUT: Festival of Queer Arts and Culture (England, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Fringe!: Queer Film &amp; Arts Fest (England, 2019)<\/li>\r\n<li>Mardi Gras Film Festival (Australia, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Glasgow Feminist Film Festival (Scotland, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Women Take the Reel (Massachusetts, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Cleveland International Film Festival Streams (Ohio, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Barcelona International Women\u2019s Film Festival (Spain, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Centro Niemeyer LGBTI Festival de Cine (Spain, 2020): Winner, Audience Award<\/li>\r\n<li>Melanin Pride Festival (Massachusetts, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival (Utah, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Long Beach Q Film Festival (California, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Mix Copenhagen (Denmark, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Immaginaria International Festival of Lesbians (Italy, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Everybody&#8217;s Perfect (Sweden, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Ocktober Film Festival (New York, 2020): Winner, Best LGBTQ Film<\/li>\r\n<li>Muestra Internacional de Cine Realizado por Mujeres (Spain, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Women Make Waves Film Festival (Taiwan, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Barcelona International Women&#8217;s Film Festival (Spain, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Les Gai CineMad (Spain, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>FanCineGay (Spain, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Pink Screens (Belgium, 2020)<\/li>\r\n<li>Melbourne Queer Film Festival Interrupted (Australia, 2020)&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<li>New York Lives, BAM (New York, 2021)<\/li>\r\n<li>\u00c4lvsbyn Film Festival! (Sweden, 2021)<\/li>\r\n<li>International Women&#8217;s Film Festival (California, 2021)<\/li>\r\n<li>La Filmoteca de Extremadura (Spain, 2021)<\/li>\r\n<li>Docs Against Gravity (Poland, 2021)<\/li>\r\n<li>(Re)visions, Madrid (Spain, 2022)<\/li>\r\n<li>Mixed Screen Festival (France, 2022)<\/li>\r\n<li>Insumisxs: Montevideo&#8217;s first lesbian art festival (Uruguay, 2022)<\/li>\r\n<li>In &amp; Out Queer Film Festival (France, 2022)<\/li>\r\n<li>Leeds Queer Film Festival (England, 2022)<\/li>\r\n<li>Cinema Systers Lesbian Film Festival (Kentucky, 2022)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><b>SELECTED PRESS<\/b><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/archivettes-review-1222981\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-content=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/review\/archivettes-review-1222981\" data-type=\"external\">&#8216;The Archivettes&#8217;: Film Review | Outfest 2019: The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.out.com\/film\/2019\/7\/19\/women-fighting-preserve-lesbian-herstory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-content=\"https:\/\/www.out.com\/film\/2019\/7\/19\/women-fighting-preserve-lesbian-herstory\" data-type=\"external\">The Women Fighting To Preserve Lesbian Herstory: Out.com<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/womenandhollywood.com\/outfest-2019-preview-the-lesbian-herstory-archives-young-love-family-drama-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-content=\"https:\/\/womenandhollywood.com\/outfest-2019-preview-the-lesbian-herstory-archives-young-love-family-drama-more\/\" data-type=\"external\">Outfest 2019 Preview: The Lesbian Herstory Archives, Young Love, Family Drama, &amp; More: Women and Hollywood<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>DISTRIBUTION<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>The Archivettes is available for purchase from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmm.com\/catalog\/film\/the-archivettes\/\">Women Make Movies<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wmmtransparentsquareblack.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6063 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wmmtransparentsquareblack-620x419.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wmmtransparentsquareblack-620x419.png 620w, https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wmmtransparentsquareblack-768x519.png 768w, https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wmmtransparentsquareblack-81x55.png 81w, https:\/\/meganrossman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/wmmtransparentsquareblack.png 844w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; SYNOPSIS \u201cOur history was disappearing as quickly as we were making it.\u201d With that realization, Deborah Edel and Joan Nestle co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the world\u2019s largest collection of materials by and about lesbians. 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