American Film Institute Launches Online Video Library, Many Theatre Stars Featured In Archive

The American Film Institute has launched a new video portal on AFI.com featuring hundreds of videos from its AFI Archive.

The Web site launch coincides with TV Land Prime's broadcast of the AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to Michael Douglas on July 19th. Michael Douglas, Kirk Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and other Hollywood legends attending the gala tribute are featured, along with memorable selections from the previous 36 AFI Life Achievement Award tributes.

The collection will be regularly augmented with videos selected from the AFI Archive, which contains 10,000 hours of material produced during AFI's 42-year history, much of which has never been seen by the general public.

Videos available on the site stream directly from AFI's YouTube channel. In addition to accessing the video content, users can post comments on the AFI.com/video site as well as embed the videos on other Web sites, blogs and social networking pages.

AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media.

AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in entertainment and education through the AFI Digital Content Lab and K-12 Screen Education Center.

As the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, AFI ON SCREEN encompasses the annual AFI FEST presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival-as well as year-round programming at ArcLight Cinemas; the AFI DALLAS International Film Festival, and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, including SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival.

AFI AWARDS, the annual almanac for the 21st century, honors the most outstanding motion pictures and television programs of the year, while AFI's 100 Years . . . series has ignited extraordinary public interest in classic American movies. And, during the past 35 years, AFI's Life Achievement Award has become the highest honor for a career in film.

AFI is guided by a prestigious Board of Trustees--chaired by Sir Howard Stringer--and a Board of Directors--chaired by Jon Avnet and John F. Cooke--and is comprised of key figures from the entertainment, business and academic communities. It is led by President and CEO Bob Gazzale.

 

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