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Home Movies & Privacy Symposium



"Home Movies & Privacy" Symposium

Wednesday, July 25, 2001
8:30am to 4pm at the Alamo Theatre
Northeast Historic Film, Bucksport, Maine

 Learn about the vibrant world of collecting and interpreting home
movies, including analysis of personal films as public documents, a
cultural studies perspective on amateur film, copyright and other rights

to moving personal images, and the history of adult films in the home
market.

The Symposium will impart a theoretical and practical base of knowledge
to anyone interested in working with amateur film. Historical societies,

museums, media producers, teachers and artists are finding that home
movies area a rich point of departure for interpretive and creative
activities. Tricia Welsch, Chair of Bowdoin College?s Film Department,
will moderate the discussion. The format will be individual
presentations with the opportunity for discussion after each speaker. At

the end of the day, time will be set aside for general discussion,
evaluation, and planning for the following year. We'll end the day with
social time and dinner.

Panelists:
Patricia Zimmermann, Professor at Ithaca College and author of Reel
Families: A Social History of Amateur Film, probably the best known book

on the social history of home movies, amateurism/professionalism,
technology and culture. Her presentation will be on interpreting class
and gender representations through home movies.

Mark Neumann, Associate Professor, University of South Florida,
Department of Communication.Articles include "The Traveling Eye:
Photography, Tourism and Ethnography." Author of On the Rim: Looking for

the Grand Canyon. His presentation is ?Home Movies On Freud's Couch: An
Exploration of Spontaneous Performance, Gender, and Latent Meanings in
Amateur Films.?

Eric Schaefer, Assistant Professor, Department of Visual and Media Arts,

Emerson College, Boston, and Society for Cinema Studies executive
council. His presentation is ?Plain Brown Wrapper: Adult Films for the
Home Market, 1930-1970,? based on a study of 8mm films.

Eric Schwartz, Esq., Smith & Metalitz, LLP. Counsel to the Library of
Congress National Film Preservation Board, and the National Film
Preservation Foundation. He will give a presentation on the basics of
intellectual property law and rights of privacy in relation to home
movies, their collection and reuse.

For more information, NHF at 207 469-0924.
Or email oldfilm@acadia.net

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