Errol Morris's interview with “Tink” Thompson on using the Zapruder film and the other home movies and snapshots of the Kennedy assassination as photographic evidence.
‘November 22, 1963’
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In a short film by Errol Morris, Josiah “Tink” Thompson, who has been investigating the Kennedy assassination for nearly 50 years, looks to the photographic evidence. Will we ever know the truth?
Adweek reviews the British grocery chain Tesco's home movie-themed Christmas commercial, including a "making of" featurette.
Ad of the Day: Tesco Channels Old Home Movies in Nostalgic Christmas Spot
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In Britain, where Christmas ads are a pretty big deal, the battle for this season's supremacy continues with the Tesco ad below, from Wieden + Kennedy in London. And it couldn't be more different from John Lewis's lavish animated production.
An article from the Bay Area Reporter Online on preserving gay home movies.
Archivists strive to protect gay home movies
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Breaking news & opinion from the B.A.R.
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From the local club news section of the March 1928 issue of “Movie Makers” (called “Amateur Movie Makers” at the time), an article on J.S. Watson and Melville Webber’s “Fall of the House of Usher.” “An amateur group in Rochester, N.Y., seeking true cinematic values…” It was named to the National Film Registry in 2000.
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The Center for Asian American Media has unveiled its Memories to Light web collection of Asian American home movies.
Timeline Photos
It’s finally here! Our new website, Memories to Light: Asian American Home Movies is now live.
http://www.caamedia.org/memoriestolight
See how everyday Asian American grandparents, mothers, fathers, aunts and uncles lived and let loose through home movies spanning six decades in the USA. We invite you to watch and join in sharing our history!
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A 1995 essay on making and watching home movies from the Chicago Reader.
Home Movies
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It took time to use an 8-millimeter home movie camera effectively. Time and experience.
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