Home movies capture our daily lives yet are often absent from the historical record. Cultural heritage institutions can promote sound personal archiving practices for film and video by hosting Home Movie Day. The heart of each Home Movie Day is projecting films brought in by participants. Home Movie Days create opportunities for archivists to share preservation information with film owners so that their home movies can be enjoyed by future generations. Home Movie Days also create opportunities for collection development and promoting reuse of archival materials. Panelists will discuss their experiences organizing Home Movie Days hosted by cultural heritage institutions.

1. Reel History
Home Movie Days Hosted By Cultural Heritage
Institutions
Caitlin Christian-Lamb
Amy Ciesielski
Skip Elsheimer
Chelcie Rowell
Steven Villereal

2. What is
home movie day?
• Est. 2002 by group of film archivists; first
HMD was August 16, 2003
• International!
• 29 countries
• 21 states (and one federal district) in the U.S.
• Hosted by variety of institutions and
individuals
• Outreach and education opportunity
• Whatever you want it to be!
• October 17, 2015 is the next
international HMD
HMD cat via the Northwest Chicago Film
Society

4. Piedmont Triad
Home Movie Day
Caitlin Christian-Lamb,
Davidson College
Chelcie Rowell,
Wake Forest University

5. Columbia
Home Movie Day
Amy Ciesielski,
University of South Carolina

6. CharlottesVille Home
Movie Day
Steven Villereal,
University of Virginia

7. Impact of Home movie days
“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 assassinationof 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…”HMD cat via Harvard Film Archives

8. Questions?Connect!
@christianlamb
@UofSCMIRC
@AVGeeks
@ararebit
@villereal