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Documentary Educational Resources
American nonprofit in film and video From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Documentary Educational Resources (DER), originally called the Center for Documentary Anthropology, is a US non-profit producer and distributor of film and video in anthropology and ethnology.[1] It has been described by the Harvard Film Archive as "one of the most historically important resources of ethnographic film in the world today".[2]
It was founded in 1968 by independent filmmakers John Marshall and Timothy Asch and is based in Watertown, Massachusetts. Its mission is "to promote thought-provoking documentary film and media for learning about the people and cultures of the world.".[3]
In 2008 it donated 700 films to the Harvard Film Archive.[2]
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