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Media Preservation Salon

Date
2002
Media Preservation Salon hosted by NAMAC, facilitated by Jim Hubbard and Mona Jimenez. Panelists include Sherry Miller Hocking (Experimental Television Center), Karan Sheldon (Northeast Historic Film), Toni Treadway (International Center for 8mm Film), Stepen Vitiello (The Kitchen), Heather Weaver (Bay Area Video Coalition), and others.
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Media Preservation Salon was hosted by NAMAC and facilitated by Jim Hubbard and Mona Jimenez; the program assembled a panel of preservation practitioners. Panelists listed include Sherry Miller Hocking (Experimental Television Center), Karan Sheldon (Northeast Historic Film), Toni Treadway (International Center for 8mm Film), Stepen Vitiello (The Kitchen) and Heather Weaver (Bay Area Video Coalition).

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