HERITAGE FILM PROJECT

The Heritage Film Project, led by filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley and Soledad Liendo, is the producing entity responsible for the research and production of documentary films focused on art, culture, history, and the humanities, developed for educational use in public and academic libraries worldwide. These films are produced with the support of the Documentary Film Fund, which provides financial backing to ensure fiscal accountability, creative independence, and meaningful educational impact. Our documentaries are currently available in more than 40,000 public and academic libraries worldwide.

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Qualiton: A Legacy of Listening and Preservation

Qualiton occupies a distinctive place in the history of recorded music as a cultural endeavor. Founded in Buenos Aires in the mid-twentieth century, the label emerged at a moment when recording technology, artistic ambition, and questions of cultural memory converged. Qualiton was conceived not merely as a commercial venture, but as a platform for documenting and disseminating music of substance—classical, folkloric, contemporary, and experimental—often at a time when such re

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George Bristow at Carnegie Hall: A Belated Premiere, Heard at Last

As I complete work on a documentary film about George Frederick Bristow, nearing its release, last Friday marked a remarkable moment in New York: the long-awaited premiere of Bristow’s Fifth Symphony, The Niagara, finally heard at Carnegie Hall. The concert, presented by the American Symphony Orchestra under Leon Botstein, crowned a week-long Bristow celebration that included conferences and conversations at Lincoln Center, The Century Association, and the CUNY Graduate Cente

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Composer, conductor, and teacher Alice Parker is a champion of the power of the human voice and a hero in the world of choral music. Montes-Bradley documentary illuminates Parker’s life and art through a series of intimate conversations that unfolded over what seems like an endless winter in the Berkshires.

Join Bettye Kearse in The Other Madisons, a multi-award-winning documentary by Montes-Bradley in which the author traces her ancestry back to a young girl named Mandy, who was enslaved at Montpelier, the plantation owned by James Madison, the fourth President of the United States.

Films like Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor (including The Piccirilli Factor chapter) spotlight underrepresented figures using rare materials, produced with support from institutions such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation, positioning them as cultural preservation efforts akin to museum curation.

William Ferraro of the Washington Papers described Monroe Hill as a "scholarly masterpiece" for blending historical imagery, early film footage from D.W. Griffith's works, and modern analysis to argue for Monroe Hill's pivotal role in early American development—achieved through high-quality prints of 1910s films that capture colonial aesthetics.

Black Fiddlers stands as an exploration of the history and living legacy of African American fiddlers in the United States, revealing a tradition rooted in African musical memory and shaped by generations of cultural exchange at the crossroads of race, music, and American identity.

Samba on Your Feet is an exploration of the history and living vitality of samba in Rio de Janeiro, revealing a tradition shaped by Afro-Brazilian communities and reflected in the work of Caetano Veloso at the crossroads of music, dance, and cultural identity.