Silvia A. Malagrino Collection
Inclusive Dates
1994 – 2003
Bulk Dates
1994 – 2003
Abstract
The Silvia A. Malagrino Collection consists of production master tapes from her 2005 experimental documentary Burnt Oranges, which mixes poetic personal narrative with documentary to confront the painful period of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in Argentina. Also included are production master tapes from her 1994 documentary poem Hotel America.
Series In this Collection
SERIES I: Burnt Oranges
1999 – 2005
Collection Items
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Items with Viewable Media
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Logs (Paper or Photographic Materials)
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Logs (Paper or Photographic Materials)
- Burnt Oranges: English to Spanish Translation (Paper or Photographic Materials)
- Burnt Oranges: Personal Narrative (Paper or Photographic Materials)
- Super Eight
- Burnt Oranges
- Burnt Oranges
- Burnt Oranges 1999: 2 - Robert Cox Interview
- Burnt Oranges 1999: 3 - Maud Cox Interview
- Burnt Oranges 1999: 4 - Robert Cox Interview
- Burnt Oranges 1999: 5 - Robert Cox Interview
- Burnt Oranges 1999: 6 - Robert Cox Interview
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Alicia Partnoy Interview 1
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Alicia Partnoy Interview 2
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Alicia Partnoy Interview 3
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Amnesty International 1
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Amnesty International 2
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Super 8 - Anita
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Super 8 - Streets
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 1 - Day 1/Tape 1
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 2 - Day 2/Tape 1
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 3 - Day 2/Tape 2
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 4 - Day 2/Tape 3
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 5 - Day 2/Tape 4
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 6
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 7
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 8
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 9
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 10
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 11
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 12
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 13
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 14
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 15
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 16
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 17
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 18
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 19
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 20
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 21
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 22
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 23
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 24
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 25
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 26
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 27
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 28
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 29
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 30
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 31
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 32
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 33
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 34
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 35
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 36
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 37
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 38
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 39
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 40
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 41
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 42
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 43
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 44
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 45
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 46
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 47
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 48
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 49
- Burnt Oranges 1999: Tape 50
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 1
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 2
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 3
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 4
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 5
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 6
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 7
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 8
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 9
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 10
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 11
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 12
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 13
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 14
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 15
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 16
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 17
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 18
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 19
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 20
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 21
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 22
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 23
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 24
- Burnt Oranges 2003: Tape 25
- Burnt Oranges: Copy of Master
- Burnt Oranges: Master
- Naranjos
- Naranjos
- Naranjos
- Hotel America: Left Monitor
- Hotel America: Left Monitor
- Hotel America: Left Monitor - Exhibition
- Hotel America: Master DV
- Hotel America: Master Raw Footage - 1
- Hotel America: Master Raw Footage - 3
- Hotel America: Master Raw Footage - 4
- Hotel America: Master Raw Footage - 5
- Hotel America: Master Raw Footage - 6
- Hotel America: Master Raw Footage - 7
- Hotel America: Right Monitor
- Hotel America: Right Monitor
- Hotel America: Right Monitor - Exhibition
SERIES I: Burnt Oranges
SERIES II: Hotel America
Collection Identifier
C.2025-06
Extent of Collection
89 Mini DV, 8 VHS, 6 Hi-8, 2 Betacam SP, and 2 Digibeta Tapes; 1 DVD, and printed material.
Language Of Materials
English
Spanish
Spanish
Custodial History
The tapes were donated to CFA by the filmmaker, Silvia A. Malagrino, in 2025.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open to on-site access. Appointments must be made with Chicago Film Archives.
Creators
Malagrino, Silvia A.
(was created by)
Silvia A. Malagrino (born 1950, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an American multimedia artist, independent filmmaker and educator based in Chicago, Illinois. She is known for interdisciplinary work that explores historical and cultural representation, and the intersections of fact, fiction, memory and subjectivity. Her experimental documentary, Burnt Oranges (2005), interwove personal narrative, witness testimony, interviews, and both documentary and re-created footage to examine the long-term effects of Argentina's Dirty War. Malagrino's art has been featured at The Art Institute of Chicago, Palais de Glace and Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires), La Tertulia Museum (Cali, Colombia), Museum of Contemporary Photography of Columbia College Chicago, Chicago Cultural Center, Rochester Institute of Technology, Center for Photography at Woodstock, and Ateneo de Madrid, among other venues. Her work has been recognized by institutions including the Guggenheim Foundation, CINE, the Smithsonian Institution, and Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Malagrino is Professor Emerita at the School of Art and Art History of the University of Illinois at Chicago.