Archive to Film

A documentary you can trace back to its sources

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A documentary you can trace back to its sources

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Explore September 11, 2001 through a 41-minute documentary and 179 source-linked timeline entries. Jump from verified archive entries into the film. Built with GPT-6 Astra for local archive analysis and editorial support.

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Astra made it practical for me to turn a scattered archive into a film with a navigable source trail. It supported local analysis of 240 archived posts, helped connect reports and media for editorial review, and advised on the structure of a 179-entry timeline alongside a 41-minute documentary. The key was preserving the connection between the film and its evidence: verified entries can open the corresponding film scene, while entries without a verified match stay explicitly unlinked. Astra also helped reason through the site architecture, with Sol implementing it. I kept human review over the final sequence and framing, linked the original reports, and clearly disclosed the AI narration and fictional H3 Max presenter.

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Hi Product Hunt — I’m Matija, the maker of Archive to Film. I wanted to explore whether an archive could become a documentary while keeping its sources visible. This first edition follows September 11, 2001: a 41-minute film alongside 179 timeline entries drawn from 240 archived posts. You can read the source context, open the original post, and jump into the film where a verified link exists. Entries without a verified film link remain clearly marked. For the GPT-6 Astra Challenge, I used Astra for local archive analysis, editorial support, and architectural advice, with Sol implementing the website. ElevenLabs supplies the narration, H3 Max through fal.ai animates the fictional presenter, and FFmpeg assembles the film. Cloudflare Stream serves the video. This is an AI-assisted documentary and archive explorer. The narrator is fictional; original source reports remain linked and are presented as reports rather than independently verified facts. Human review remains responsible for the final framing. I’d love feedback on how easily you can move between the film and its sources, and what would make that connection more useful.

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