Activist Archiving: Preserving Our Garden For Future Generations with Dan Papa
Mon, Jul 20
|Sankofa Video Books & Café
Have you ever sought to learn more about the meaning of Sankofa? Join us for Part 3 of our Activist Archiving series as Munyang Tengen talks with Dan Papa about the technical aspects of digitizing film.
Time & Location
Jul 20, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Sankofa Video Books & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
About The Event
Dan Papa is the head technician and archivist at the Scribe Video Center, a hub for community-led filmmaking. Dan is a self-taught archivist who works with different motion picture and digital film formats. As an archivist, Dan oversees the preservation and digitization of all videos made at Scribe.
Join us for a five week program where we will discuss community-centered archival practices with those who are working to preserve Black audio-visual culture and cinematic traditions. Each week will feature a filmmaker, archivists, historian, or curator who directly addresses cultural preservation.
Every Monday from July 6 to August 3 at 6:00pm to 7:30pm we will gather in the bookstore of Sankofa to discuss, learn, and empower each other to support the archival fellowship hosted annually by Positive Productions Inc. We cannot wait to see you there!
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