As part of the Focus 45 Lecture Series, Deborah Stoiber will discuss The Rescue of Indian Cinema in the Curtis Theatre.

Have you ever wondered how a large collection is found and donated to a museum? Or have you pondered how a museum packs and carries new collection materials back to the vaults? Stoiber, collection manager in the Moving Image Department, tells how the Eastman Museum found itself with the opportunity to collect what is now the largest collection of contemporary Indian cinema in the world.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Jan-4]