October 21, 2017 was National Home Movie Day in which local organizations open their doors to host a celebration of amateur films and family home movies. The Berkeley Public Library held this local event for guests to bring their 8mm, Super 8mm and 16mm films and their have an archivist inspect the condition of their films for their treasured memories to be projected onto the screen for the audience to enjoy. When I arrived to the event I introduced myself to the organizer and explained my potential Master’s Project about film collections in museums. She jokingly said that I’d found my people because here I was surrounded by film archivists and film enthusiasts. The 3 hour celebration included the screening of 9 films ranging in content from travel films to everyday family home movie footage as well as student film school projects. Guests were invited to narrate the events being seen on screen and to help identify locations and dates of orphan films. Also included were some film preservation trivia questions and prizes from local digital transfer houses and a question and answer session with the volunteer film archivists. By the end of the event I’d realized that Pamela was right, I have found my people! I hope to volunteer to assist in the inspecting of collections for the next Home Movie Day!
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October 2017
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