Happy Home Movie Day!
Saturday, October 21st is the “official” HMD date for 2023, but like last year we welcome events throughout October and beyond – any day can be Home Movie Day! As many events have shifted back to being in-person, we’ve implemented a new calendar and submission form, all of which can be found at our About Home Movie Day page, along with lots of info about the history of global Home Movie Day and how to host your own. See you over there, and at the movies!
Traveling Through Time with Obsolete Media: See rare Palm Springs footage! Join home movie experts/collectors and Palm Springs residents Melissa Dollman and Devin Orgeron in their living room where they will take viewers on a guided tour of amateur films shot in and around the region (1940s-1970s).
See footage of important and long-gone desert landmarks and events like the original Bullocks on Palm Canyon, Higgins Ladd Hardware, The Desert Circus, El Mirador, Thunderbird Country Club in Rancho Mirage, and Desi Arnaz’s Western Hills Hotel in Indian Wells.
Follow these midcentury amateur cinematographers as they document Movieland Wax Museum, Calico Ghost Town, Santa’s Village, Solvang, Las Vegas at night, and much, much more.
BONUS: Learn about Home Movie Day, Palm Springs, an annual celebration of all things 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm hosted by Melissa and Devin who invite you to go digging and bring your own home movies (found, borrowed, purloined) for inspection and projection ON ORIGINAL MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT.
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