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Overview of TFF
The Film Foundation is a non-profit organization which provides “annual support for preservation and restoration projects at the leading film archives” (Variety 2/20/14) with “the goal of protecting and preserving the nation’s cinematic heritage.” (Frick, Caroline. Saving Cinema: The Politics of Preservation.) “More than half of the 21,000 shorts and full-length features made. . . before 1950 are gone. Only about 10% of the movies produced in the U.S. before 1929 still survive. Even films made between 1950 and 1975 on Eastmancolor stock are fading away.” (Los Angeles Times 10/2/97) The foundation “has saved more than 600 films since its inception in 1990.” (Variety 2/20/14). The foundation also produces an educational program called The Story of Movies, “a groundbreaking middle-school curriculum.” (USA Today¬) "The Story of Movies is intended to teach kids to think critically about what they see in film, and to consider the filmmaking process and decisions made along the way. It also helps students place films in a historical context, using them as a springboard for conversations about social issues." Standen, Amy. http://www.edutopia.org/story-movies, “The Story of Movies: Understanding Films and Filmmaking," edutopia.org, October 19, 2006

History
“While the problem of color fading was long known to archivists around the world, it became an issue to the public and the film industry through the efforts of director Martin Scorsese.” (Slide, Anthony.  Nitrate Won’t Wait) “He began his film preservation crusade in 1980, touring the world and adamantly protesting that one reason he shot Raging Bull in black and white had to do with the discovery of catastrophically fading color stocks.”  (Humanities, The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities, March/April 2013) “Scorsese is a passionate advocate for film preservation” (Los Angeles Times, 1/17/14). His efforts led to “technological advances and reforms, along with the 1990 creation of [The Film Foundation] along with Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford and Steven Spielberg.” (Variety, 10/19/00) Those filmmakers comprise the original board of directors of the foundation.

Currently “joining founder and chair Martin Scorsese on the board of directors are: Woody Allen, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Curtis Hanson, Peter Jackson, Ang Lee, George Lucas, Alexander Payne, Robert Redford and Steven Spielberg.” (Directors Guild of America website, dga.org) The Film Foundation has been called “a consortium of filmmakers and archives dedicated to preventing and reversing the loss of our movie heritage,” (Los Angeles Times, 6/29/96) a result of Scorsese’s “ongoing crusade to promote preservation and exhibition of classic cinema.” (Variety, 10/20/92)

Changes to the article
I have added most of the information into the article. You did not give me enough information about the sources. Here is the information we need: author, url, title, work/publisher, date of publication, like this:
 * Bacardi, Francesca. http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/variety-to-honor-martin-scorsese-at-unite4humanity-event-1201113357/ "Variety to Honor Martin Scorsese at Unite4:Humanity Event", Variety, February 20, 2014

Or:
 * King, Susan. "Save That Movie!", Los Angeles Times, October 2, 1997, accessed October 20, 2014

Also, none of your book references give the page number where the quote was taken from. I was unable to use this: “to help students better understand the language of film and the importance of film preservation.” (TCM Now Playing, October 2010) because I was unable to find this ref. Can you please give all the bibliographic info?


 * Actually, I only have a scan of the article, and I don't believe it's available online. I think the NY office has a hard copy of the publication, so I should be able to add at least a little more info tomorrow. If that's not sufficient, I will try to find a substitute quote. -- Julia324457

I thought that most of the last two sentences was repetitive, so I didn't put it in. Let me know if you disagree. -- Ssilvers (talk) 03:27, 21 October 2014 (UTC)


 * The first paragraph adds the names of the current board members, but maybe there's another way to handle that. I do agree about the second paragraph. I included it because it mentions "exhibition of classic cinema" in addition to preservation.  Also, I thought if someone were to read just the History section, it would provide a bit of an overview.  But I'm fine with omitting it. -- Julia324457


 * OK, thanks, and thanks for the page numbers: I added in the Slide ref now, with the page number.  Yes, I agree about adding "exhibition".  If you give me the full citation details on the Variety article from 1992, and I'll add it.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:03, 21 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Cohn Lawrence. http://variety.com/1992/film/news/scorsese-leads-tribute-to-filmmaker-antonioni-100288/ "Scorsese leads tribute to filmmaker Antonioni" Variety, October 20, 1992 -- Julia324457 (talk) 19:52, 29 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Good, I'm revising the article, adding the edutopia and Variety refs. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:08, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

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You can sign your name and add a date stamp by putting four tildes after your message, like this: ~. -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:03, 21 October 2014 (UTC)