The Race to Save 100 Years

As the documentary points out, 85 percent of all silent pictures are gone forever because of neglect, abuse, and improper storage of original prints. This film stresses the importance of saving these and more recent films as cultural documents that have become part of our shared history. It also takes the viewer through the painstaking process of film restoration, and highlights some of the organizations and individuals who are spear-heading this movement.

Top Billed Cast

Peter Brooks

Self / Narrator

Martin Scorsese

Self

Ted Turner

Self

Mary Lea Bandy

Self

James H. Billington

Self