The Wisconsin Nitrate Film Project

As the current director of the WCFTR, I am pleased to announce the debut of the Wisconsin Nitrate Film Project. The project represents the culmination of a multi-year, interdisciplinary study of the factors that contribute …

World Records 2017

The WCFTR is co-sponsoring this year’s World Records Symposium with the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture on April 20-21.  The symposium officially kicks off Thursday night with a concert at the University Club.  Sessions will …

WCFTR’s New Digital Access Portal

During the spring 2016 semester, the WCFTR began to host a digital collection of films on the Internet Archive—a nonprofit dedicated to creating an Internet library and providing long-term access to historical collections in digital …

WCFTR Receives GRAMMY Foundation Grant

The WCFTR is pleased to announce it has received a grant from the GRAMMY Foundation® to help fund a project to digitize tape and disc recordings of performances or excerpts of many of Marc Blitzstein’s …