Movie·2000·0h 59m

My Father's Camera

Country

Canada

Language

English

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The Story

Home movies and their unique place in popular culture are the subject of My Father's Camera. Director Karen Shopsowitz weaves the history of home movies together with footage shot by her father--amateur filmmaker Israel Shopsowitz. Equipped with her dad's old Super 8 camera, Karen traces the history of home movies from the 1920s through to the amateur explosion of the '30s and '40s and beyond. She interviews a lively line-up of scholars and collectors, such as early members of the Toronto Film Club, a Japanese-American archivist who sees home movies as an expression of cultural diversity and a collector who hosts popular Webcasts that highlight new acquisitions.

Producer

Silva Basmajian

Cinematography

Antonin Lhotsky

Editor

Karen Shopsowitz

Themes

home movie footagedocumentary

Production House

ONF | NFB

Audience Score

100%

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Crew

Antonin Lhotsky

Director of Photography

Karen Shopsowitz

Director, Editor

Silva Basmajian

Producer

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