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August 7, 2006
Home Movie Day 2006
As I've mentioned several times, I'm fascinated by home movies and other forms of amateur media. I can't quite remember why, but I missed the annual Home Movie Day last year when I was living in DC, which always takes place on the second Saturday in August. This year's event takes place on August 12, 2006, and there are home movie screenings scheduled throughout the United States, including ones in Raleigh and in Durham, one of which which I'm planning to attend. As the Raleigh-Durham website points out, home movies not only provide valuable records of individual families, but they can also offer valuable informtion about the communities and hometown where they were filmed. The Home Movie Day also raises important questions about preservation, challenging the notion that digital copies are inherently more stable and permanent than the original movies themselves.
Posted by chuck at August 7, 2006 8:54 AM
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