FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
MOLLY WHEELER
203.430.4157
On Saturday, August 12th, 2006, local archivists,
librarians, filmmakers and film enthusiasts will help the public learn about,
enjoy, and rescue films so often forgotten about. Home Movie Day shows how home movies offer a unique “you
are here” view of decades past, often in gorgeous living color, and are
an important part of personal, community, and cultural history.
“Saving our film heritage should not be limited only to
commercially produced films,” says legendary director and film
preservation advocate Martin Scorsese.
Filmmaker John Waters echoes that
sentiment saying, “There’s no such thing as a bad home
movie…Home Movie Day is an orgy of self-discovery, a chance for family
memories to suddenly become show business. If you’ve got one, whip it out
and show it now.”
Connecticut’s very first
Home Movie Day is free and open to public and will be held in New Haven on Saturday, August 12 at the
Whitney Humanities Center on the Yale Campus (53 Wall Street, corner of
Wall and Church). Film drop-off time is 10am to noon; home movie screening is from
noon to 4pm (including local filmmaker, Robbin Barstow's 1956 production "Disneyland
Dream); and there will be a special screening of James Ivory’s “Autobiography of a Princess”
from 5 to 6pm. Film and video assessment and preservation tips will be provided
throughout the event, prizes will be given away and continuous screenings of
home movies will be enjoyed! Damaged films cannot be screened,
but participants whose films are at risk can learn more about how to rescue
those precious images before it’s too late. No films? Come and watch the
show!
Accepted movie types are 8mm,
Super 8, 16mm, VHS video and DVD. Participants are urged to introduce and even
narrate their movies. Participants are urged to contact organizers in advance
to drop-off film for inspection and projection preparation or arrive at 10am on
the event day. Drop-off contacts:
Home Movie Day is an internationally organized event that began in
2003, when a small group of film archivists decided to go beyond traditional
preservation methods to try and save the countless reels of home movies shot on
film during the 20th century. The first Home Movie Day on
Don’t
throw your films away—take them to Home Movie Day!
Information: www.homemovieday.com/newhaven,
www.myspace.com/newhavenhomemovieday
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Phone: Molly Wheeler 203.430.4157
Archivist
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
p: 203.393.4089 f: 203.393.4094
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