Tending the Cultural Commons Past, Present, and Future
Established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988 , the National Film Preservation Board is an advisory body for the Librarian of Congress. The Board helps shape national film preservation planning policy, and also recommends films for the National Film Registry .
Chosen for their cultural, historic, or aesthetic significance, the Board's 25 annual selections for 20 2 2 cover a wide gamut of genres and time periods, from such early films as the Mardi Gras Carnival and Cab Calloway Home Movies to such later works as Mingus and Pariah . The full list for 2022 is as follows: