Home Movie Day 2005 is coming to Athens on Saturday August 13th from noon to 6p.m. at the Athens-Clarke County Public Library on Baxter Street. This event is being sponsored by the University of Georgia Main Libraries Media Archives.
Home Movie Day events are open free to the public and offer expert evaluation of films brought in by participants, as well as an opportunity to see your own films in an open screening.
"If you have home movies on film that you've never seen, or haven't watched since you inherited them from your grandparents-don't let your films decay! Take them to Home Movie Day! We will be screening 16mm, regular 8mm, and Super 8mm home movies," said Ruta Abolins, director of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. "Too many people see their home movies as just documenting their family; they don't realize that home movies provide insight into family custom, lifestyle, landscape, and history."
Home Movie Day events provide an opportunity for individuals and families to learn more about their own family movies, how to care for films, and how home movies have helped capture 20th century history.
Martin Scorsese, director of such big budget motion pictures as The Aviator, Gangs of New York and Raging Bull says: "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 assasination 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 13th.
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