Petition updateTo the AMPAS Board of Governors: Rehire the the Film Archive and Library 16Academy Assures Members ‘We Are Not Decreasing Our Commitment’ to Film Preservation Amid Layoffs
Amy HellerHarrington Park, NJ, United States
Nov 14, 2024

But many are not reassured!

From the Indiewire article:

Frustration with the layoffs extended to the membership as well. In a note obtained by IndieWire, Academy member James Mockoski wrote to Kramer about his concerns that this “radical new direction” is “decimating a legacy” built by Academy members. Mockoski noted that Academy restorations have been the example on which other film preservationists have looked to, but he’s reconsidering whether other groups should donate their legacy materials to the Academy moving forward.

“I am concerned that the Academy is dismantling a part of its institution that provided enormous visibility to the public about the necessity of protecting our fragile film heritage,” Mockoski wrote in part. “The Academy Film Archive is at the CORE of what makes AMPAS unique. Tampering with this institution in such a way makes our institution weaker and fundamentally changes the core mission of what I thought we strived to represent.”

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