Mining the Home Movie: Excavations in Histories and MemoriesKaren I. Ishizuka, Patricia R. Zimmermann 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. |
Contents
Excavations Artifacts Minings | 1 |
1 Remaking Home Movies | 29 |
2 The Human Studies Film Archives Smithsonian Institution | 41 |
Personal Reflections on Home Movies | 47 |
4 La Filmoteca de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | 57 |
Péter Forgácss The Maelstrom | 62 |
6 The Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive | 73 |
The Politics and Aesthetics of Personal Documentary | 78 |
Northeast Historic Film | 185 |
18 The WPA Film Library | 191 |
19 Mule Racing in the Mississippi Delta | 195 |
20 The Academy Film Archive | 209 |
Authority Aesthetics and Visions of the Workplace in Home Movies circa 19311949 | 214 |
22 The New Zealand Film ArchiveNga Kaitiaki o Nga Taonga Whitiahua | 231 |
The Case of the North West Film Archive | 235 |
24 The Oregon State Historical Societys Moving Image Archives | 249 |
8 The Florida Moving Image Archive | 92 |
A Visual Essay | 98 |
10 Something Strong Within as Historical Memory | 107 |
11 The Moving Image Archive of the Japanese American National Museum | 122 |
The Story of Topaz | 126 |
13 The Nederlands ArchiveMuseum Institute | 142 |
Private Films from the Dutch East Indies | 148 |
15 The Library of Congress | 163 |
Blurring Fact and Fiction in Home Movies in India | 168 |
A SemioPragmatic Approach | 255 |
26 The Stephen Lighthill Collection at the UCLA Film Television Archive | 272 |
From Amateur Film to the Archive of the Future | 275 |
Selected Filmography and Videography | 289 |
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List of Contributors | 309 |
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