Editing Martin Scorsese (section)

==== The African Film Heritage Project ====
In 2017, Scorsese also introduced The African Film Heritage Project (AFHP), which is a joint initiative between Scorsese's non-profit [[The Film Foundation]], [[UNESCO]], [[Cineteca di Bologna]], and the [[Pan African Federation of Filmmakers]] (FEPACI).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/africa/martin-scorsese-african-film-heritage-project-unesco-fepaci/index.html|title= Martin Scorsese leads effort to save lost African cinema|website= CNN|date= November 10, 2017|access-date= April 7, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200229064144/https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/africa/martin-scorsese-african-film-heritage-project-unesco-fepaci/index.html|archive-date= February 29, 2020|url-status= live}}</ref> The project aims to locate and preserve 50 classic African films, some thought lost and others beyond repair, with hopes to make them available to audiences everywhere. In an interview with ''Cinema Escapist'' in 2018, Scorsese talked about the ambitious collaboration saying, "Our first goal is to launch and conduct a thorough investigation in film archives and laboratories around the world, in order to locate the best surviving elements—original negatives, we hope—for our first 50 titles."<ref name="film-foundation.org">{{cite web|url= http://www.film-foundation.org/cinema-escapist|title= MARTIN SCORSESE ON THE AFRICAN FILM HERITAGE PROJECT|website= The Film Foundation|access-date= April 7, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200115165004/http://www.film-foundation.org/cinema-escapist|archive-date= January 15, 2020|url-status= live}}</ref> He also stated that "Restoration is always the primary goal, of course, but within the initiative, it's also a starting point of a process that follows through with exhibition and dissemination in Africa and abroad. And of course, our restoration process always includes the creation of preservation elements."<ref name="film-foundation.org"/>

In 2019, the AFHP, announced that they would screen restorations of four African films on their home continent for the first time as part of the 50th anniversary of the [[Pan African Film Festival]] of [[Ouagadougou]]. The movies in question are [[Med Hondo]]'s ''[[Soleil Ô]]'' (1970), [[Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina]]'s ''[[Chronique des années de braise]]'' (1975), [[Timité Bassori]]'s ''La Femme au couteau'' (1969), and [[Jean-Pierre Dikongue-Pipa]]'s ''[[Muna Moto]]'' (1975).<ref name="indiewire.com">{{cite web|url= https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/african-film-heritage-project-martin-scorsese-restorations-1202046208/|title= Martin Scorsese and the African Film Heritage Project Are Bringing Four Vital Films Home|website= IndieWire|date= February 23, 2019|access-date= April 7, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200118162740/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/02/african-film-heritage-project-martin-scorsese-restorations-1202046208/|archive-date= January 18, 2020|url-status= live}}</ref>