Documenta/Film Archive brings together an original body of audiovisual documentation recording social and political events of historical relevance, produced from 2001 to the present.
The extensive collection, currently undergoing digitization and cataloguing, is progressively being made accessible through this portal.
Footage available as of 02/2026
G8 Genoa 2001 Genoa, July 2001. The days of the G8 summit were marked by mass demonstrations, marches, and widespread gatherings throughout the city center, with the participation of no-global movements from across Europe. The footage constitutes a direct record of one of the most significant political and social events in contemporary Italian history.
Obama Election – Times Square NYC 2008 Celebration scenes in Times Square on the evening of November 4, 2008, when Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. The footage captures the atmosphere of collective celebration during one of the most significant moments in recent American history.
Kamala Harris – Oakland 2019 Official launch of Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign on January 27, 2019, in Oakland, before a crowd of over 20,000 people. The first African American woman and person of South Asian descent to launch a presidential bid with a viable path to nomination.
Black Lives Matter – San Francisco 2020 Documentation of the Black Lives Matter protests in San Francisco during the spring–summer of 2020, following the killing of George Floyd. A record of one of the largest civil rights mobilizations in recent United States history.