• Orphans Film Symposium WITNESS Media Archive staff will participate in the Orphans Film Symposium this week. What is an orphan film? From the Orphans website: Narrowly defined, it’s a motion picture abandoned by its owner or caretaker. More generally, the term refers to all manner of films outside of the commercial mainstream: public domain materials, home movies, outtakes, […] WITNESS March 25, 2008