Mining the Home Movie : Excavations in Histories and Memories

The first international anthology to explore the historical significance of amateur film, __Mining the Home Movie__ makes visible, through image and analysis, the hidden yet ubiquitous world of home moviemaking. These essays boldly combine primary research, archival collections, critical analyses, filmmakers' own stories, and new theoretical approaches regarding the meaning and value of amateur and archival films. Editors Karen L. Ishizuka and Patricia R. Zimmermann have fashioned a groundbreaking volume that identifies home movies as vital methods of visually preserving history. The essays cover an enormous range of subject matter, defining an important genre of film studies and establishing the home movie as an invaluable tool for extracting historical and social insights. The First International Anthology To Explore The Historical Significance Of Amateur Film, This Book Makes Visible, Through Image And Analysis, The Hidden Yet Ubiquitous World Of Home Moviemaking. These Essays Boldly Combine Primary Research, Archival Collections, Critical Analyses, Filmmakers' Own Stories, And New Theoretical Approaches Regarding The Meaning And Value Of Amateur And Archival Films. The Editors Have Fashioned A Groundbreaking Volume That Identifies Home Movies As Vital Methods Of Visually Preserving History. The Essays Cover An Enormous Range Of Subject Matter, Defining An Important Genre Of Film Studies And Establishing The Home Movie As An Invaluable Tool For Extracting Historical And Social Insights. Remaking Home Movies / Richard Fung -- The Human Studies Film Achives, Smithsonian Institution / John Homiak, Pamela Wintle -- Wittgenstein Tractactus : Personal Reflections On Home Movies / Péter Forgács -- La Filmoteca De La Universidad Nacional Autónoma De Mexico / Iván Trujillo -- Ordinary Film : Péter Forgác's The Maelstrom / Michael S. Roth -- The Imperial War Museum Film And Video Archive / Kay Gladstone -- 90 Miles : The Politics And Aethetics Of Personal Documentary / Amy Villarejo -- The Florida Moving Image Archive / Steven Davidson -- Something Strong Within : A Visual Essay / Karen L. Ishizuka, Robert A. Nakamura -- Something Strong Within As Historical Memory / Robert Rosen -- The Moving Image Archive Of The Japanese American National Museum / Karen L. Ishizuka -- The Home Movie And The National Film Registry : The Story Of Topaz / Karen L. Ishizuka, Patricia R. Zimmermann -- The Nederlands Archive/museum Institute / Nico De Klerk -- Home Away From Home : Private Films From The Dutch East Indies / Nico De Klerk -- The Library Of Congress / Brian Taves -- Deteriorating Memories : Blurring Fact And Fiction In Home Movies In India / Ayisha Abraham -- The Movie Queen : Northeast Historic Film / Karan Sheldon, Dwight Swanson -- The Wpa Film Library / Carolyn Faber -- Mule Racing In The Mississippi Delta / Karen Glynn -- The Academy Film Archive / Lynne Kirste -- As If By Magic : Authority, Aesthetics, And Visions Of The Workplace In Home Movies, Circa 1931-1949 / Heather Norris Nicholson -- The New Zealand Film Archive/nga Kaitiaki O Nga Taonga Whitiahua / Virginia Callanan -- Working People, Topical Rims, And Home Movies : The Case Of The North West Film Archive / Maryann Gomes -- The Oregon State Historical Society's Moving Image Archives / Michele Kribs -- Reflections On The Family Home Movie As Document : A Semio-pragmatic Approach / Roger Odin -- The Stephen Lighthill Collection At The Ucla Film & Television Archive / Ross Lipman -- Morphing History Into Histories : From Amateur Film To The Archive Of The Future / Patricia R. Zimmermann. Edited By Karen L. Ishizuka And Patricia R. Zimmermann. Outgrowth Of An International Symposium At The Getty Center, Los Angeles In 1998, Called The Past As Present: The Home Movie As Cinema Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 299-307) And Index. Includes Filmorgaphy And Videography: P. 289-297 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 12 Foreword 14 Acknowledgments 18 Introduction. The Home Movie Movement: Excavations, Artifacts, Minings 22 1. Remaking Home Movies 50 2. The Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution 62 3. Wittgenstein Tractatus: Personal Reflections on Home Movies 68 4. La Filmoteca de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 78 5. Ordinary Film: Péter Forgács’s: The Maelstrom 83 6. The Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive 94 7. 90 Miles: The Politics and Aesthetics of Personal Documentary 99 8. The Florida Moving Image Archive 113 9. Something Strong Within: A Visual Essay 119 10. Something Strong Within as Historical Memory 128 11. The Moving Image Archive of the Japanese American National Museum 143 12. The Home Movie and the National Film Registry: The Story of Topaz 147 13. The Nederlands Archive/Museum Institute 163 14. Home Away from Home: Private Films from the Dutch East Indies 169 15. The Library of Congress 184 16. Deteriorating Memories: Blurring Fact and Fiction in Home Movies in India 189 17. The Movie Queen: Northeast Historic Film 206 18. The WPA Film Library 212 19. Mule Racing in the Mississippi Delta 216 20. The Academy Film Archive 230 21. “As If by Magic”: Authority, Aesthetics, and Visions of the Workplace in Home Movies, circa 1931–1949 235 22. The New Zealand Film Archive/Nga Kaitiaki o Nga Taonga Whitiahua 252 23. Working People, Topical Films, and Home Movies: The Case of the North West Film Archive 256 24. The Oregon State Historical Society’s Moving Image Archives 270 25. Reflections on the Family Home Movie as Document: A Semio-Pragmatic Approach 276 26. The Stephen Lighthill Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive 293 27. Morphing History into Histories: From Amateur Film to the Archive of the Future 296 Selected Filmography and Videography 310 Selected Bibliography 320 List of Contributors 330 Index 336 A 336 B 337 C 338 D 339 E 340 F 340 G 342 H 342 I 344 J 345 K 345 L 345 M 346 N 347 O 348 P 349 Q 349 R 349 S 350 T 352 U 353 V 353 W 353 Y 354 Z 354

The first international anthology to explore the historical significance of amateur film, Mining the Home Movie makes visible, through image and analysis, the hidden yet ubiquitous world of home moviemaking. These essays boldly combine primary research, archival collections, critical analyses, filmmakers' own stories, and new theoretical approaches regarding the meaning and value of amateur and archival films. Editors Karen L. Ishizuka and Patricia R. Zimmermann have fashioned a groundbreaking volume that identifies home movies as vital methods of visually preserving history. The essays cover an enormous range of subject matter, defining an important genre of film studies and establishing the home movie as an invaluable tool for extracting historical and social insights.

Features essays that combine research, critical analyses and theoretical approaches regarding the meaning and value of amateur and archival films. This book identifies home movies as methods of visually preserving history. It defines a genre of film studies and establishes the home movie as a tool for extracting historical and social insights