THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON Selected for the National Film Registry
Chicago Film Archives is proud to announce that the National Film Preservation Board has selected The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) for the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. Launched in 1989 to showcase and promote the preservation of America’s film legacies, the National Film Preservation Board selects 25 films from a pool of thousands of titles submitted by the public each year. The chosen films represent works of enduring importance to the American people, and are selected for their cultural, historical, and aesthetic significance. Read More
The Murder of Fred Hampton
It is with great pride that the Chicago Film Archives joins forces with the UCLA Film and Television Archive in the presentation of The Murder of Fred Hampton.
THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON at the Berlin International Film Festival
CFA has commissioned a new 35mm print of The Film Group’s The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971), struck from UCLA’s photochemically-restored internegative of this feature-length documentary. This newly created print will screen for the first time as part of the 70th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival – commonly known as the Berlinale.
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