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TheTexas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) is an independent501(c)(3) organization founded in 2002 by film archivist andUniversity of Texas at Austin professor Caroline Frick, PhD.[1] TAMI's mission is to preserve, study, and exhibit Texas film heritage. The organization has three main projects: the TAMI Online Collection, the Texas Film Round-Up, and Teach Texas. Its offices are located inAustin, Texas.[2]
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image website is a streaming video website that includes a variety of Texas-related films such as home movies, industrial films, local television, andorphan film materials as well as TAMI-curated online exhibits. The TAMI website was launched in 2008 using Glifos Social Media and theMediaWiki platform. The oldest films in the archive are a collection ofEdison Studios films from the1900 Galveston Hurricane. The TAMI site includes several curated collections with topics that include PresidentLyndon B. Johnson and his family, Texas during theVietnam War, life across Texas during the 1930s and 1940s, and itinerant films.[3] TAMI also contains unusual material produced by Texas television stations in the latter half of the 20th century.[4][5] TAMI streams multiple versions of "The Kidnappers Foil," a film added to theNational Film Registry in 2012, on its website.[6] The organization also administers a sister website, www.meltonbarker.org, devoted to the topic ofThe Kidnappers Foil and the itinerant Texas filmmakerMelton Barker.[7]
TAMI curates online exhibitions featuring materials from their holdings. Exhibitions include "When Texas Saw Red," an exhibit dedicated to the post World War II and Cold War era and how it affected Texas life; "Starring the Lone Star State," which explores the history of the film industry in Texas; "A Journey to the Moon through Texas," an award-winning exhibit that documents the Apollo Program; and "La Frontera Fluida," exploring the Texas-Mexico border.[8]
The Texas Film Round-Up, also known as the Texas Moving Image Archive Program, is a partnership between TAMI and theOffice of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission.[9] Via the Round-Up, TAMI provides free digitization for Texas-related films and videos in exchange for the donation of a digital copy of the material to the TAMI Video Library.[10] Film screenings and educational exhibits about Texas media history are often part of the Round-Up activities. The Film Round-up has visited theFort Worth,Galveston,San Angelo,Amarillo,Beaumont,Rio Grande Valley,Tyler,Lubbock,Dallas,Abilene,Longview,El Paso,Houston,Austin, and many other Texas cities since its inception in 2008.[11][12][13][14][15]
Teach Texas is a resource kit for educators that includes lesson plans and other materials that enable teachers to use films from the TAMI Video Library in the K-12 classroom. The resources in the Teach Texas program are coordinated with theTexas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards.[16]
The Texas Film Round-Up received two awards from theAmerican Association for State and Local History in 2010: the Leadership in History Award of Merit, and the WOW Award.[17]
