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American Civil War | End of the war | End of the war
Lee did not intend to surrender, but planned to regroup at Appomattox Station, where supplies were to be waiting, and then continue the war. Grant chased Lee and got in front of him, so that when Lee's army reached the village of Appomattox Court House, they were surrounded. After an initial battle, L... |
American Civil War | Union victory | Union victory
thumb|upright=1.35|Map of Confederate territory losses year by year|alt=A map of the U.S. South showing shrinking territory under rebel control
The causes of the war, reasons for its outcome, and even its name are subjects of lingering contention. The North and West grew wealthy while the once-rich Sou... |
American Civil War | Casualties | Casualties
+ Casualties according to the US National Park Service Category Union Confederate Killed in action 110,100 94,000 Disease 224,580 164,000 Wounded in action 275,154 194,026 Captured (inc those who died as POWs) 211,411 (30,192) 462,634 (31,000) Total 821,245 914,660
Exact casualty figures were collected f... |
American Civil War | Emancipation | Emancipation
thumb|upright=2|Abolition of slavery in the various states over time:
Abolishing slavery was not a Union war goal from the outset, but quickly became one. Lincoln's initial claims were that preserving the Union was the central goal. In contrast, the South fought to preserve slavery. While not all Souther... |
American Civil War | Emancipation Proclamation | Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation legally freed the slaves in states "in rebellion," but, as a practical matter, slavery for the 3.5 million black people in the South effectively ended in each area when Union armies arrived. The last Confederate slaves were freed on June 19, 1865, celebrated as... |
American Civil War | Reconstruction | Reconstruction
thumb|Through the supervision of the Freedmen's Bureau, Northern teachers traveled into the South to provide education and training for the newly freed population.
The war devastated the South and posed serious questions of how it would be reintegrated into the Union. The war destroyed much of the So... |
American Civil War | Memory and historiography | Memory and historiography
The war is a central event in American collective memory. There are innumerable statues, commemorations, books, and archival collections. The memory includes the home front, military affairs, the treatment of soldiers, both living and dead, in the war's aftermath, depictions of the war in l... |
American Civil War | Lost Cause | Lost Cause
The memory of the war in the white South crystallized in the myth of the "Lost Cause": that the Confederate cause was just and heroic. The myth shaped regional identity and race relations for generations. Alan T. Nolan notes that the Lost Cause was expressly a rationalization, a cover-up to vindicate the ... |
American Civil War | Battlefield preservation | Battlefield preservation
thumb|Beginning in 1961, the U.S. Post Office released commemorative stamps for five famous battles, each issued on the 100th anniversary of the respective battle.
The first efforts at Civil War battlefield preservation and memorialization came during the war, with the establishment of Natio... |
American Civil War | Commemoration | Commemoration
The Civil War has been commemorated in many capacities, ranging from the reenactment of battles to statues and memorial halls erected, films, stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th an... |
American Civil War | Technological significance | Technological significance
Technological innovations during the war had a great impact on 19th-century science. The war was an early example of an "industrial war", in which technological might is used to achieve military supremacy. New inventions, such as the train and telegraph, delivered soldiers, supplies and mes... |
American Civil War | In works of culture and art | In works of culture and art
thumb|The Peacemakers by George Peter Alexander Healy portrays, from left to right, Sherman, Grant, Lincoln, and Porter discussing plans for the last weeks of the Civil War aboard the steamer River Queen in March 1865. It currently hangs in the Oval Office dining room.|alt=Painting of four... |
American Civil War | Literature | Literature
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd and O Captain! My Captain! (1865) by Walt Whitman, famous eulogies to Lincoln
Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866) poetry by Herman Melville
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government (1881) by Jefferson Davis
The Private History of a Campaign That F... |
American Civil War | Film | Film
The Birth of a Nation (1915, U.S.)
The General (1926, U.S.)
Operator 13 (1934, U.S.)
Gone with the Wind (1939, U.S.)
The Red Badge of Courage (1951, U.S.)
The Horse Soldiers (1959, U.S.)
Shenandoah (1965, U.S.)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966, Italy-Spain-FRG)
The Beguiled (1971, U.S.)
The Outlaw... |
American Civil War | Music | Music
"Dixie"
"Battle Cry of Freedom"
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
"The Bonnie Blue Flag"
"John Brown's Body"
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
"Marching Through Georgia"
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" |
American Civil War | Video games | Video games
North & South (1989, France)
Sid Meier's Gettysburg! (1997, U.S.)
Sid Meier's Antietam! (1999, U.S.)
American Conquest: Divided Nation (2006, U.S.)
Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War (2006, U.S.)
The History Channel: Civil War – A Nation Divided (2006, U.S.)
AGEOD's American Civil War (2007,... |
American Civil War | See also | See also
American Civil War by state
Foreign enlistment in the American Civil War
African Americans in the American Civil War
German Americans in the American Civil War
Hispanics in the American Civil War
Irish Americans in the American Civil War
Italian Americans in the Civil War
Native Americans in the American... |
American Civil War | Notes | Notes |
American Civil War | References | References |
American Civil War | Bibliography | Bibliography |
American Civil War | Sources referenced | Sources referenced
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American Civil War | Web sources | Web sources
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American Civil War | Further reading | Further reading
Influential analysis of factors; an abridged version is
(originally published in Civil War History, Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1964, pp. 229–240).
Nevins, Allan. Ordeal of the Union, an 8-volume set (1947–1971). the most detailed political, economic and military narrative; by Pul... |
American Civil War | Soldier life: North and South | Soldier life: North and South
Uses letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers to probe the world view of soldiers—black and white, Yankee and Rebel.
Interview with author
Two standard scholarly histories combined, originals:
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American Civil War | External links | External links
West Point Atlas of Civil War Battles
Civil War photos at the National Archives
View images from the Civil War Photographs Collection at the Library of Congress
"American Civil World" maps at the Persuasive Cartography, The PJ Mode Collection, Cornell University Library
Statements of each state... |
American Civil War | Table of Content | Short description, Origins, Lincoln's election, Outbreak of the war, Secession crisis, Battle of Fort Sumter, Attitude of the border states, War, Mobilization, Southern Unionists, Prisoners, Women, Union Navy, Union blockade, Blockade runners, Economic impact, Diplomacy, Eastern theater, Background, Army of the Potomac... |
Andy Warhol | Short description | Andy Warhol (;Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: "Warhol" born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director and producer. A leading figure in the pop art movement, Warhol is considered the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century. H... |
Andy Warhol | Early life and education | Early life and education
thumb|Warhol's childhood home at 3252 Dawson Street in the South Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh
Warhol was born on August 6, 1928, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was the fourth child of Ondrej Warhola (Americanized as Andrew Warhola Sr.; 1889–1942) and Julia Warhola (, 1891–1972). His pare... |
Andy Warhol | Career | Career |
Andy Warhol | 1940s | 1940s
Warhol moved to New York City with $200 a week after graduating from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in June 1949. He was accompanied by his classmate Philip Pearlstein. They lived in a six-floor walk-up tenement apartment on St. Mark's Place near Tompkins Square Park.
Warhol went to see Tina Fredericks, th... |
Andy Warhol | 1950s | 1950s
In 1952, Alexander Iolas is credited as discovering Warhol, and he organized his first solo show at the Hugo Gallery in New York.
In 1955, Warhol began designing advertisements for shoe manufacturer Israel Miller. He developed his "blotted line" technique, applying ink to paper and then blotting the ink while st... |
Andy Warhol | 1960s | 1960s
thumb|Warhol and Tennessee Williams with Rod La Rod (left) and Paul Morrissey (background) aboard the SS France in New York, 1967.
At a time when traditional artists did not buy the work of other artists, Warhol collected them. In order to survive, gallery artists typically did commercial work, such as window dis... |
Andy Warhol | 1970s | 1970s
thumb|Warhol photographed by Jack Mitchell with his dachshund Archie, 1973Compared to the success and scandal of Warhol's work in the 1960s, the early 1970s were much quieter years, as he became more entrepreneurial. He was generally regarded as quiet, shy and a meticulous observer. Art critic Robert Hughes calle... |
Andy Warhol | 1980s | 1980s
Warhol had a re-emergence of critical and financial success in the 1980s, partially due to his affiliation and friendships with a number of prolific younger artists, who were dominating the "bull market" of 1980s New York art: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, David Salle and other so-called Neo-Expressionis... |
Andy Warhol | Death | Death
Warhol was initially diagnosed with a gallstone in 1973, but he adamantly rejected surgery because he feared hospitals. When he was insistent about avoiding surgery, his internist Dr. Denton Cox attempted to obtain an experimental medication from Japan. The artist also sought guidance from a chiropractor and nu... |
Andy Warhol | Wrongful death lawsuit | Wrongful death lawsuit
In April 1987, the New York State Health Department released a report that Warhol was given inadequate care by New York Hospital from the time he was admitted until the hours before his death. These included not performing the appropriate work-up tests prior to surgery, giving Warhol antibiotic... |
Andy Warhol | Art works | Art works |
Andy Warhol | Paintings | Paintings
By the beginning of the 1960s, pop art was an experimental form that several artists were independently adopting; some of these pioneers, such as Roy Lichtenstein, would later become synonymous with the movement. Warhol, who would become famous as the "Pope of Pop", turned to this new style, where popular s... |
Andy Warhol | Drawings | Drawings
Despite being most known for his work in printmaking, particularly silkscreen, Warhol was also a very skilled illustrator and draughtsman. His early drawings on paper provide a feeling of ease and immediacy since they have similarities to both blind contour and continuous line drawing techniques. Warhol pion... |
Andy Warhol | Art market | Art market
In 1970, screens and film matrixes that had been used to produce original Warhol works in the 1960s were taken to Europe for the production of Warhol screenprints under the name "Sunday B Morning". Warhol signed and numbered one edition of 250 before subsequent unauthorized unsigned versions were produced.... |
Andy Warhol | Collectors | Collectors
Emily and Burton Tremaine were among Warhol's early collectors and influential supporters. Among the over 15 artworks purchased,(n. d.). Tremaine Collection / Miller Company: Artworks and designs . artdesigncafe. Retrieved April 1, 2020. Marilyn Diptych (now at Tate Modern, London)Tate Modern, London. (n.... |
Andy Warhol | Works | Works
Warhol was a fan of "Business Art", as he stated in his book The Philosophy of Andy Warhol from A to B and Back Again. "I went into business art. I wanted to be an art business man or a business artist. Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art," he said. His transformation into a mere business... |
Andy Warhol | Filmography | Filmography
thumb|Screenshot from the 1965 film Empire|alt= Grainy, black-and-white still frame of the illuminated Empire State Building against the night sky
Warhol attended the 1962 premiere of the static composition by La Monte Young called Trio for Strings and subsequently created his famous series of static films... |
Andy Warhol | Music | Music
In 1965, Warhol adopted the band the Velvet Underground, making them a crucial element of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia performance art show. Warhol, with Paul Morrissey, acted as the band's manager, introducing them to Nico (who would perform with the band at Warhol's request). While managing The V... |
Andy Warhol | Books and print | Books and print
thumb|upright|right|Warhol drawing and signature
Beginning in the 1950s, Warhol produced several unbound portfolios of his work. In 1957, his bound book 25 Cats Name Sam and One Blue Pussy was printed by Seymour Berlin. Berlin also printed some of Warhol's other self-published books, including Gold Book... |
Andy Warhol | Other media | Other media
Although Andy Warhol is most known for his paintings and films, he authored works in many different media.
thumb|upright|Silver Clouds reproduction at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, December 2015, Warhol Unlimited Exposition
Drawing: Warhol started his career as a commercial illustrator, pro... |
Andy Warhol | Personal life | Personal life |
Andy Warhol | Sexuality | Sexuality
Warhol lived as a gay man before the gay liberation movement, but he often veiled his personal life in the press. In 1980, Warhol proclaimed that he was still a virgin. Former Interview editor Bob Colacello felt it was probably true and that what little sex he had was probably "a mixture of voyeurism and mast... |
Andy Warhol | Religion | Religion
thumb|upright=1.5|Images of Jesus from The Last Supper (1986)
Warhol was a practicing Ruthenian Catholic. He regularly volunteered at homeless shelters in New York City, particularly during the busier times of the year, and described himself as a religious person. In 1966, his mother Julia Warhola told Esqui... |
Andy Warhol | Collections | Collections
Warhol was an avid collector and a "pack rat" who'd save everything. As he was relocating his Manhattan studio in 1974, Warhol began assembling Time Capsules, a modular sculpture consisting of 610 containers, each holding an average of 800 items. The majority of the containers are standard cardboard boxes, ... |
Andy Warhol | Legacy | Legacy
thumb|upright|Statue of Andy Warhol in Bratislava, Slovakia
In 1991, the Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art was established in Medzilaborce, Slovakia by Warhol's family and the Slovak Ministry of Culture. In 1996, it was renamed the Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art.
In 1992, Warhol's estate donated 15-acres o... |
Andy Warhol | The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts | The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Warhol's will dictated that his entire estate—with the exception of a few modest legacies to family members—would go to create a foundation dedicated to promoting the visual arts. Warhol had so many possessions that it took Sotheby's 10 days to auction his estate after h... |
Andy Warhol | In pop culture | In pop culture
Warhol founded Interview, a stage for celebrities he "endorsed" and a business staffed by his friends. One might even say that he produced people (as in the Warholian "Superstar" and the Warholian portrait). Warhol endorsed products, appeared in commercials, and made frequent celebrity guest appearances ... |
Andy Warhol | Films | Films
thumb|upright=1.25|Warhol (right) with director Ulli Lommel on the set of Cocaine Cowboys (1979) at Eothen, in which Warhol made a cameo
Warhol appeared in the films Dynamite Chicken (1971), The Driver's Seat (1974), Cocaine Cowboys (1979) and Tootsie (1982).
After his death, Warhol was portrayed by Crispin Glo... |
Andy Warhol | Documentaries | Documentaries
Warhol (1973) is an ITV documentary by British photographer David Bailey. Initially banned by British courts for containing "indecent material," the film features candid interviews with the artist and his associates.
Absolut Warhola (2001) was produced by Polish director Stanislaw Mucha, featuring Warho... |
Andy Warhol | Television | Television
In 1965, Warhol and his muse Edie Sedgwick appeared on The Merv Griffin Show. Warhol doesn't say much save for bashful gestures and whispering "yes" or "no," while Sedgwick mediates a conversation on how Pop Art is art without any sense of emotion.
In 1969, Warhol was commissioned by Braniff International t... |
Andy Warhol | Music | Music
Warhol strongly influenced the new wave/punk rock band Devo, as well as David Bowie. Bowie recorded a song called "Andy Warhol" for his 1971 album Hunky Dory. Lou Reed wrote the song "Andy's Chest" in response to the attempted assassination of Warhol. The song was originally recorded by the Velvet Underground i... |
Andy Warhol | Books | Books
Many books have been written about Warhol. Among the most significant books related to Warhol is the authorized biography Warhol (1989) by his friend, art critic David Bourdon. Biographer Victor Bockris released The Life and Death of Andy Warhol (1989). The memoir Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close Up (1990) was writ... |
Andy Warhol | Comic books | Comic books
Warhol is featured as a character in the Miracleman series of comics. Nick Bertozzi's book Becoming Andy Warhol, which was illustrated by Pierce Hargan, was released by Abrams ComicArts in 2016. In 2018, SelfMadeHero published the graphic novel Andy: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol by Dutch illustrator Ty... |
Andy Warhol | Video games | Video games
Warhol makes an appearance in the 2003 video game The Sims: Superstar as the photographer in Studio Town. Warhol (played by Jeff Grace) makes a cameo appearance in the 2022 video game Immortality. |
Andy Warhol | See also | See also
Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board
Andy Warhol Bridge, Pittsburgh, PA
Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith, copyright case decided by the US Supreme Court
LGBT culture in New York City
List of LGBT people from New York City
Moon Museum
Painting the Century: 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900–2000 |
Andy Warhol | References | References |
Andy Warhol | Bibliography | Bibliography
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Andy Warhol | Further reading | Further reading
Doyle, Jennifer, Jonathan Flatley, and José Esteban Muñoz, eds (1996). Pop Out: Queer Warhol. Durham: Duke University Press.
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Andy Warhol | External links | External links
Andy Warhol at the National Gallery of Art
Warhol Foundation in New York City
Andy Warhol Collection in Pittsburgh
The work of Andy Warhol spoken about by David Cronenberg
Warholstars: Andy Warhol Films, Art and Superstars
Warhol & The Computer
Tavi Gevinson and Abbi Jacobson discuss Andy Warhol'... |
Andy Warhol | Table of Content | Short description, Early life and education, Career, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, Death, Wrongful death lawsuit, Art works, Paintings, Drawings, Art market, Collectors, Works, Filmography, Music, Books and print, Other media, Personal life, Sexuality, Religion, Collections, Legacy, The Andy Warhol Foundation for ... |
Alp Arslan | Short description |
Alp Arslan, born Muhammad Alp Arslan bin Dawud Chaghri, was the second sultan of the Seljuk Empire and great-grandson of Seljuk, the eponymous founder of the dynasty. He greatly expanded Seljuk territories and consolidated his power, defeating rivals to the south, east and northwest. His victory over the Byzantine... |
Alp Arslan | Early life | Early life
Historical sources differ about Alp Arslan's birth date. Some 12th- and 13th-century sources give 1032/1033 as his birth year, while later sources give 1030. According to İbrahim Kafesoğlu, the most likely date is 20 January 1029 (1 Muharram 420 AH), recorded by the medieval historian Ibn al-Athir. He was th... |
Alp Arslan | Early career | Early career
thumb|right|Coin minted in the name of Alp Arslan with the title Shahanshah
thumb|right|A miniature depicting Alp Arslan. Rashid al-Din, Jami' al-tawarikh, 1654 Ottoman copy, Topkapi Museum.
Alp Arslan accompanied his uncle Tughril on campaigns in the south against the Fatimids while his father Chaghri r... |
Alp Arslan | Byzantine struggle | Byzantine struggle
En route to fight the Fatimids in Syria in 1068, Alp Arslan invaded the Byzantine Empire. The Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes, assuming command in person, met the invaders in Cilicia. In three arduous campaigns, the Turks were defeated in detail and driven across the Euphrates in 1070. The first two ca... |
Alp Arslan | State organization | State organization
Alp Arslan's strength lay in the military realm. Domestic affairs were handled by his able vizier, Nizam al-Mulk, the founder of the administrative organization that characterized and strengthened the sultanate during the reigns of Alp Arslan and his son, Malik Shah. Military iqtas, governed by Sel... |
Alp Arslan | Physical appearance and personality | Physical appearance and personality
Contemporary descriptions portray Alp Arslan as "very awe-inspiring, dominating," a "great-formed one, elegant of stature. He had long, thin whiskers, which he used to knot up when shooting arrows. And they say his arrow never went astray.... From the top button of his hat to the end... |
Alp Arslan | Death | Death
After Manzikert, the dominion of Alp Arslan extended over much of western Asia. He soon prepared to march for the conquest of Turkestan, the original seat of his ancestors. With a powerful army, he advanced to the banks of the Oxus. Before he could pass the river safely, however, it was necessary to subdue cert... |
Alp Arslan | Family | Family
One of his wives was Safariyya Khatun. She had a daughter, Sifri Khatun, who in 1071–72, married Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadi. Safariyya died in Isfahan in 1073–74. Another of his wives was Akka Khatun. She had been formerly the wife of Sultan Tughril. Alp Arslan married her after Tughril's death in 1063. Another o... |
Alp Arslan | Legacy | Legacy
Alp Arslan's conquest of Anatolia from the Byzantines is also seen as one of the pivotal precursors to the launch of the Crusades.
From 2002 to July 2008 under Turkmen calendar reform, the month of August was named after Alp Arslan.
The 2nd Training Motorized Rifle Division of the Turkmen Ground Forces is na... |
Alp Arslan | Notes | Notes |
Alp Arslan | References | References |
Alp Arslan | Sources | Sources
Çoban, R. V. (2020). The Manzikert Battle and Sultan Alp Arslan with European Perspective in the 15st Century in the Miniatures of Giovanni Boccaccio's "De Casibus Virorum Illustrium"s 226 and 232. French Manuscripts in Bibliothèque Nationale de France. S. Karakaya ve V. Baydar (Ed.), in 2nd Int... |
Alp Arslan | Table of Content | Short description, Early life, Early career, Byzantine struggle, State organization, Physical appearance and personality, Death, Family, Legacy, Notes, References, Sources |
American Film Institute | short description | The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees. |
American Film Institute | Leadership | Leadership
thumb|left|The historic Spanish Colonial Revival style AFI campus in Los Angeles, in the Los Feliz district of L.A.
The institute is composed of leaders from the film, entertainment, business, and academic communities. The board of trustees is chaired by Kathleen Kennedy and the board of directors chaired by... |
American Film Institute | History | History
The American Film Institute was founded by a 1965 presidential mandate announced in the Rose Garden of the White House by Lyndon B. Johnson—to establish a national arts organization to preserve the legacy of American film heritage, educate the next generation of filmmakers, and honor the artists and their work.... |
American Film Institute | List of programs in brief | List of programs in brief
AFI educational and cultural programs include:
American Film Institute Awards – an honor celebrating the creative ensembles of the most outstanding motion picture and television programs of the year
AFI Catalog of Feature Films and AFI Archive – the written history of all feature films durin... |
American Film Institute | AFI Conservatory | AFI Conservatory
thumb|AFI Conservatory Fellows filming on the AFI campus.
In 1969, the institute established the AFI Conservatory for Advanced Film Studies at Greystone, the Doheny Mansion in Beverly Hills, California. The first class included filmmakers Terrence Malick, Caleb Deschanel, and Paul Schrader. That progra... |
American Film Institute | Notable alumni | Notable alumni
AFI Conservatory's alumni have careers in film, television and on the web. They have been recognized with all of the major industry awards—Academy Award, Emmy Award, guild awards, and the Tony Award. |
American Film Institute | AFI Film Festivals | AFI Film Festivals
AFI operates two film festivals: in Los Angeles, and AFI Docs (formally known as Silverdocs) in Silver Spring, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. |
American Film Institute | American Film Institute Festival | American Film Institute Festival
Commonly shortened to AFI Fest, it is the American Film Institute’s annual celebration of artistic excellence. It is a showcase for the best festival films of the year as selected by AFI and an opportunity for master filmmakers and emerging artists to come together with audiences. It is... |
American Film Institute | Red Carpet Premieres | Red Carpet Premieres
Formerly named Galas, it is AFI Fest’s section for the most highly anticipated films at the festival, presenting selected feature-length movies from world-class filmmakers and artisans. Although it is a very restrictive selection, usually presenting between three and seven movies at most, many fi... |
American Film Institute | AFI Docs | AFI Docs
Held annually in June, AFI Docs (formerly Silverdocs) is a documentary festival in Washington, D.C. The festival attracts over 27,000 documentary enthusiasts. |
American Film Institute | AFI programs | AFI programs |
American Film Institute | AFI Catalog of Feature Films | AFI Catalog of Feature Films
The AFI Catalog, started in 1968, is a web-based filmographic database. A research tool for film historians, the catalog consists of entries on more than 60,000 feature films and 17,000 short films produced from 1893 to 2011, as well as AFI Awards Outstanding Movies of the Year from 2000 t... |
American Film Institute | AFI Life Achievement Award | AFI Life Achievement Award |
American Film Institute | AFI Awards | AFI Awards
Created in 2000, the AFI Awards honor the ten outstanding films ("Movies of the Year") and ten outstanding television programs ("TV Programs of the Year"). The awards are a non-competitive acknowledgment of excellence.
The awards are announced in December, and a private luncheon for award honorees takes pl... |
American Film Institute | AFI Maya Deren Award | AFI Maya Deren Award |
American Film Institute | AFI 100 Years... series | AFI 100 Years... series
The AFI 100 Years... series, which ran from 1998 to 2008 and created jury-selected lists of America's best movies in categories such as Musicals, Laughs and Thrills, prompted new generations to experience classic American films. The juries consisted of over 1,500 artists, scholars, critics, and ... |
American Film Institute | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
The AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center is a moving image exhibition, education and cultural center located in Silver Spring, Maryland. Anchored by the restoration of noted architect John Eberson's historic 1938 Silver Theatre, it features 32,000 square feet of new construction... |
American Film Institute | The AFI Directing Workshop for Women | The AFI Directing Workshop for Women
The Directing Workshop for Women is a training program committed to educating and mentoring participants in an effort to increase the number of women working professionally in screen directing. In this tuition-free program, each participant is required to complete a short film by th... |
American Film Institute | AFI Directors Series | AFI Directors Series
AFI released a set of hour-long programs reviewing the career of acclaimed directors. The Directors Series content was copyrighted in 1997 by Media Entertainment Inc and The American Film Institute, and the VHS and DVDs were released between 1999 and 2001 on Winstar TV and Video.
Directors feature... |
American Film Institute | See also | See also
British Film Institute – the British equivalent to AFI |
American Film Institute | References | References |