Rebels, nudie-cuties, and hipsters : a study of the American genre film archive

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dc.contributor.advisorFrick, Caroline
dc.creatorKusnierz, Lauren Ashleyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-14T17:36:19Zen
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-22T22:26:56Z
dc.date.available2018-01-22T22:26:56Z
dc.date.issued2014-05en
dc.date.submittedMay 2014en
dc.date.updated2014-10-14T17:36:20Zen
dc.descriptiontexten
dc.description.abstractThe American Genre Film Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2009 by Tim League, founder and CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. With a sense of rebellion against established film archives, AGFA is dedicated to the collection of 35mm prints of exploitation films from the 1960s-1980s in order to conserve and distribute these neglected films. A confluence of issues including the history of the films in the collection, AGFA’s connection with the Alamo Drafthouse, and influences from the hipster subcultures combine to inform AGFA’s practices and mission. This thesis will explore how the American Genre Film Archive conforms to and rebels against the established archive community by means of its mission and institutional structure. Also, this thesis will explore AGFA as a hipster institution through its collecting and exhibition practices. AGFA’s roles in the wider film archive community and the hipster community converge into an unusual archive serving unusual films.en
dc.description.departmentRadio-Television-Filmen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/26549en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectFilm archivesen
dc.subjectAlamo Drafthouseen
dc.subjectAmerican genre film archiveen
dc.subjectExploitation filmsen
dc.subjectAustin, TXen
dc.subjectTexasen
dc.subjectHipstersen
dc.titleRebels, nudie-cuties, and hipsters : a study of the American genre film archiveen
dc.typeThesisen

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