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Connecticut's First Home Movie Day!
NEWS RELEASE  
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
CONTACT: MOLLY WHEELER
203.430.4157
Bring-your-own-film event puts the spotlight on historic 
amateur works and home film preservation. 
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: New Haven area: Molly Wheeler ([log in to unmask])
203.430.4157; Hartford area: George Odell, TFG Film & Tape
([log in to unmask]) 860.529.1877 or 800.773.2753; and Norwalk area: Susan
Luchars ([log in to unmask]) 203.451.0333.
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 August 16, 2003
was an unexpected success, with over twenty cities in four countries
participating. In each following year, Home Movie Day grew bigger still,
with as many as four dozen venues taking part from Australia to Arkansas.  
Don't throw your films away-take them to Home Movie Day!
Information: www.homemovieday.com/newhaven,
www.myspace.com/newhavenhomemovieday 
Contact: [log in to unmask]
Phone: Molly Wheeler 203.430.4157



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