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Introduction. The Home Movie Movement: Excavations, Artifacts, Minings

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations xi
  4. Foreword xiii
  5. Acknowledgments xvii
  6. Introduction. The Home Movie Movement: Excavations, Artifacts, Minings 1
  7. 1. Remaking Home Movies 29
  8. 2. The Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution 41
  9. 3. Wittgenstein Tractatus: Personal Reflections on Home Movies 47
  10. 4. La Filmoteca de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 57
  11. 5. Ordinary Film: Péter Forgács’s The Maelstrom 62
  12. 6. The Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive 73
  13. 7. 90 Miles: The Politics and Aesthetics of Personal Documentary 78
  14. 8. The Florida Moving Image Archive 92
  15. 9. Something Strong Within: A Visual Essay 98
  16. 10. Something Strong Within as Historical Memory 107
  17. 11. The Moving Image Archive of the Japanese American National Museum 122
  18. 12. The Home Movie and the National Film Registry: The Story of Topaz 126
  19. 13. The Nederlands Archive/Museum Institute 142
  20. 14. Home Away from Home: Private Films from the Dutch East Indies 148
  21. 15. The Library of Congress 163
  22. 16. Deteriorating Memories: Blurring Fact and Fiction in Home Movies in India 168
  23. 17. The Movie Queen: Northeast Historic Film 185
  24. 18. The WPA Film Library 191
  25. 19. Mule Racing in the Mississippi Delta 195
  26. 20. The Academy Film Archive 209
  27. 21. “As If by Magic”: Authority, Aesthetics, and Visions of the Workplace in Home Movies, circa 1931–1949 214
  28. 22. The New Zealand Film Archive/Nga Kaitiaki o Nga Taonga Whitiahua 231
  29. 23. Working People, Topical Films, and Home Movies: The Case of the North West Film Archive 235
  30. 24. The Oregon State Historical Society’s Moving Image Archives 249
  31. 25. Reflections on the Family Home Movie as Document: A Semio-Pragmatic Approach 255
  32. 26. The Stephen Lighthill Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive 272
  33. 27. Morphing History into Histories: From Amateur Film to the Archive of the Future 275
  34. Selected Filmography and Videography 289
  35. Selected Bibliography 299
  36. Contributors 309
  37. Index 315
Mining the Home Movie
This chapter is in the book Mining the Home Movie
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520939684-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Illustrations xi
  4. Foreword xiii
  5. Acknowledgments xvii
  6. Introduction. The Home Movie Movement: Excavations, Artifacts, Minings 1
  7. 1. Remaking Home Movies 29
  8. 2. The Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution 41
  9. 3. Wittgenstein Tractatus: Personal Reflections on Home Movies 47
  10. 4. La Filmoteca de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 57
  11. 5. Ordinary Film: Péter Forgács’s The Maelstrom 62
  12. 6. The Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive 73
  13. 7. 90 Miles: The Politics and Aesthetics of Personal Documentary 78
  14. 8. The Florida Moving Image Archive 92
  15. 9. Something Strong Within: A Visual Essay 98
  16. 10. Something Strong Within as Historical Memory 107
  17. 11. The Moving Image Archive of the Japanese American National Museum 122
  18. 12. The Home Movie and the National Film Registry: The Story of Topaz 126
  19. 13. The Nederlands Archive/Museum Institute 142
  20. 14. Home Away from Home: Private Films from the Dutch East Indies 148
  21. 15. The Library of Congress 163
  22. 16. Deteriorating Memories: Blurring Fact and Fiction in Home Movies in India 168
  23. 17. The Movie Queen: Northeast Historic Film 185
  24. 18. The WPA Film Library 191
  25. 19. Mule Racing in the Mississippi Delta 195
  26. 20. The Academy Film Archive 209
  27. 21. “As If by Magic”: Authority, Aesthetics, and Visions of the Workplace in Home Movies, circa 1931–1949 214
  28. 22. The New Zealand Film Archive/Nga Kaitiaki o Nga Taonga Whitiahua 231
  29. 23. Working People, Topical Films, and Home Movies: The Case of the North West Film Archive 235
  30. 24. The Oregon State Historical Society’s Moving Image Archives 249
  31. 25. Reflections on the Family Home Movie as Document: A Semio-Pragmatic Approach 255
  32. 26. The Stephen Lighthill Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive 272
  33. 27. Morphing History into Histories: From Amateur Film to the Archive of the Future 275
  34. Selected Filmography and Videography 289
  35. Selected Bibliography 299
  36. Contributors 309
  37. Index 315
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