On July 29, fire tore through a portion of the Cinemateca Brasileira in São Paulo, Brazil, one of the most important film institutions in the world, which houses the largest audiovisual collection in South America.
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A storage facility belonging to the Cinemateca Brasileira has been engulfed by flames and while there were no injuries, the facility is home to priceless archives of 35mm and 16mm film and other museological objects.
The Cinemateca Brasileira is located in São Paulo and is the Brazilian institution responsible for preserving the country’s cinema archive. The building stored highly flammable films as well as historically significant objects like ancient projectors, documents, and archives.
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