Becca Bender

Thank you @rhodeislandpbs for the great profile of the @RIHistory Moving Image and Audio Collections! It's wonderful to see so much of our footage highlighted! Particular shoutouts to @NBC10 and @wpri12 whose #newsfilm is the backbone of our film archive. watch.ripbs.org/video/hollywoo…

@RIACLU While I’m grateful for @RIACLU’s statement in support of @MSanchezPVD’s first amendment rights, I’m puzzled as to why they refer to his expressed views as “controversial.” This seems like a very non-neutral stance for the ACLU.

We've received a number of inquiries about the legality of Gov. McKee’s decision to fire Miguel Sanchez due to his expression on social media of his personal views about the ongoing war in the Middle East. Read our full statement: riaclu.org/en/news/statem…

Watch the video of Jahmal's grandmother, Lela Mae Williams, and her children getting on the bus that would take them north in 1962. This archival footage is from @RIHistory's @NBC10 collection. youtube.com/watch?v=nU_xYA…

Jahmal Williams stumbles on a clue about his grandmother’s history that answers a question he’s always had. bit.ly/3TrYXYR

Wonderful to hear audio from @rihistory's @wpri12 collection included in this week's @ThisAmerLife, and to see footage from our @NBC10 collection accompanying the episode on their site. Nothing better than getting history out of the archive and into the world!

Tonight is the 2nd Annual Archive Remix Film Festival! Come watch what artists like @RaiMckTerry, @Abby_Epplett, @kingkwana and @christina9397 have created from the @RIHistory archival film collections. 7pm at Blackstone Valley Visitor Center in Pawtucket. bit.ly/ArtscapeRemix

Beautiful piece from @wpri12 featuring film from @rihistory of the 1st Pride parade in PVD in 1976. This is some of my favorite footage that I've ever found in our collections - great to see it shared so widely! Thank you @ShiinaHL for the story! #Pride wpri.com/news/local-new…

The Archive Remix Film Festival is back with all new digitized footage from our collections for you to play with! Put YOUR lens on history by remixing RI's filmed past into new short films that we'll screen together this fall. Signup and spread the word! bit.ly/RemixSignup

Thank you for the festivals #GeorgeWein. I only discovered this 1964 filmed interview in the archive about a month ago, and I feel very lucky to be able to put it out into the world today.

It's going to be a beautiful evening for an outdoor screening! Join us at the ArchiveRemix.org Film Festival to see new short pieces created from the @rihistory film collections. Bring a chair + picnic to the RIHS lawn at 110 Benevolent St, PVD | 6:30 entry/7pm show time!

@markj2 @RIHistory I don't know yet! Their films aren't due until Sept 1st!

@beccbender @RIHistory More details! Genres emerging? Playful or respectful? Congrats!!

Check out our new project to put @RIHistory film collections into the hands of new storytellers. We gave Creators 300 minutes of archival footage - they're giving us back remixed short films. Local folks, join us for outdoor screenings! Non-local, they'll be up on YouTube later!

@bturkus @tvc15brian @XFR_collective @Private_Zero thank you @bturkus and @tvc15brian and grr.....

@tvc15brian @beccbender @XFR_collective @Private_Zero I don’t believe the M1 computers have thunderbolt 2, so you’d first need to upgrade the BM to the newer Ultrastudio HD Mini (3-2 dongles don’t work). And I haven’t tested with vrecord recently, but will hopefully soon!

@rihistory is hiring a museum collections manager. RI is a REALLY interesting state for cultural heritage. We have as troubled a history as you will find re: slavery, violence against indigenous people, northern racism, etc. Help us get this history out! bit.ly/2S6RV1b

Fantastic piece from my friend @phileil about the US's obsession with "happiness." By the 3rd time my health insurance company sent me a text message pressuring me to sign up for their new app "Happify" in the middle of a pandemic I wanted to scream.

I'm really sad to have missed the @PawSox era in Rhode Island, but at least I get to track down old footage like this first ever game at McCoy Stadium in #Pawtucket on April 24, 1970.

All over this in the kelly green! @ChrnclsOfMARMIA is my favorite archive to support!

Great conference today from @digicomMA. This from Jaccavrie McNeely is really resonating: "It’s really cool that we have something that dates back to the 1600s, but the average patron should be able to come in and see something that relates to them." #dcconference21