SAN
FRANCISCO HOME MOVIE DAY EVENTS
On Saturday,
August 11th, San Francisco Home Movie Day we invite all San Franciscans to
bring in their personal, family or home movies they may have lurking in their
closets or under their beds for us to clean and screen in our facility. The
San Francisco Media Archive will present a host of events from 1:00PM-Midnight.
All events
are free and held at the archive at 275 Capp St in San Francisco. Email us
at archive@sfm.org or call 415.558.8117
for information. Email RSVPs are preferred.
HOME MOVIE FILM CLINIC
Bring Us Your Home Movies!
1:00-6:00PM
The San Francisco Media archive will examine, inspect, repair and clean any
films brought in to our facility by the public. We will also screen your films
for you. Qualified films donated to the archive will be transferred free of
charge and video copies given to donors at a later date. Others can be transferred
at cost. PLEASE RSVP as space is limited.
SAN
FRANCISCO HOME MOVIE SCREENING
New
Home Movies From The Archive
Plus! The Premiere of “Living Room Cinema”
8:00-10:00PM
We will be screening new selections from recently acquired films including
films from the San Francisco Horsemen’s Association, Kodachrome films
from 1940s San Francisco, a rare film of San Francisco’s own Coney Island
-- Playland at the Beach being demolished, some super rare 8mm films and much
more
.
Plus! Highlights from new The Center for Home Movies DVD
“Living Room Cinema”, Films from Home Movie Day Volume One, featuring
the greatest films from Home Movie Days past.
10:00-12:00PM
The San Francisco Media Archive will host a Home Movie Day Reception. Meet
the staff of SFMA, curators and other film collectors while enjoying the cinematic
experience of selected silent home movies playing in our screening room. Also
if you have a home movie-bring it for our impromptu screening. Please RSVP
for the reception.
Why
Home Movies?
“There’s
no such thing as a bad home movie. These mini-underground opuses are revealing,
scary, joyous, always flawed, filled with accidental art and shout out from
the attics and closets allover the world to be seen again. “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."
"Saving
our film heritage should not be limited only to commercially produced films.
Home movies do not just capture the important private moments of our family's
lives, but they are historical and cultural documents as well. Consider
Abraham Zapruder's 8mm film that recorded the assassination of President
Kennedy or Nickolas Muray's famously vibrant color footage of Frida Kahlo
and Diego Rivera shot with his 16mm camera. Imagine how different our view
of history would be without these precious films. Home Movie Day is a celebration
of these films and the people who shot them. I urge anyone with an interest
in learning more about how to care for and preserve their own personal memories
to join in the festivities being offered in their community on August 11th."
Martin Scorsese
ABOUT
HOME MOVIE DAY
The first
annual Home Movie Day, in August 2003 celebrated the celluloid history of
families and communities across the United States and around the world. It
was a major international success with hundreds of attendees around the world.
Home Movie Day events received major press coverage in the New York Times,
The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle and NPR's All Things Considered
radio program. This year promises to be even more widely received.
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