The Volunteer Archivists
movie
Two hundred years of printed publications in India's Odia language are dying of collective negligence. A handful of volunteer science enthusiasts must fight against all odds, including legal battles, to digitally-archive crumbling books.
Released May 26, 2022
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Overview
The Volunteer Archivists tells the story of Srujanika, a volunteer-led collective in the Indian state of Odisha that archived some of the rarest printer publications published in the last 200 years. The archive — Odia Bibhaba — now houses over 10,000 books and hundreds of magazines, newspapers, and dictionaries that otherwise would have been lost forever due to collective negligence and the poor state of digitization by the state archives.
Runtime
0h 35m
Origin Country
United States
Original Language
English
Original Title
The Volunteer Archivists
Status
Released
Production Countries
- India
Spoken Languages
Production Companies
- no logo available
O Foundation
United States
