5.2. Videocassette Submissions, 1985-1993

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Sidney Poitier Fellowship (SPF) applicants were asked to submit a 15-minute sample work on a VHS videocassette. Video submissions vary in content from portions of the work-in-progress proposed in the SPF application to previously completed works to compilation reels. Applicants were offered the choice to have videocassettes returned after judging, and for many applications in this series no video submission is held.

Videocassettes listed in this series were received with SPF application materials. For some works-in-progress, a later version of the production was later submitted to the BFHFI. A separate inventory of videocassettes submitted to other BFHFI competitions, which includes these later versions, may be found in "Series 4. Black Filmworks & the annual BFHFI Independent Film, Video & Screenplay Competition, 1987-2003 (bulk 1990-2003)": http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/findingaids/bfca/VAD4348. For some items, the existance of a version submitted to the regular competition has been noted has been noted, however this cross-listing is not comprehensive.

Arrangement of this series follows the entry numbering system BFHFI assigned to each application packet.

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