Independent Video Archive
Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 2023

Website: http://mediaburn.org/

Purpose: Media Burn Archive is a nonprofit in Chicago that collects, produces, and distributes documentary video created by artists, activists, and community groups. Our mission is to use archival media to deepen context and encourage critical thought through a social justice lens.

Our growing video collection features 8,000+ videos from a geographically, socially, and economically diverse community of videomakers from around the world who share a deeply rooted commitment to increasing our understanding of other human beings and communities.

The collection#s roots are in the #guerrilla television# movement of the 1960s and 1970s, when the technology of portable videotape mobilized new groups of mediamakers to tell their communities# stories with cheap, easy-to-use video cameras. No longer shut out of film and television unions or burdened by expensive equipment no one would teach them how to use, ordinary people were empowered to tell their own stories.

Our full collection is available for free online at mediaburn.org. Since the streaming video site#s launch in 2006, more than 20 million people have watched our videos. In addition to watching the more than 3,000 hours of videos in our online collection, you can be part of our community by joining us for virtual and in-person events; subscribing to our mailing list; using our educational materials and digital exhibits for teaching, learning, and research; utilizing our archival consulting and digitization services; or by adding your knowledge or videotapes to our growing collection.

Structure: Non-Profit

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