My Father's Camera

200059 min 28 secFilm: Documentaire

Réalisation: Karen Shopsowitz

Production: Silva BasmajianLouise Lore

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.

This entertaining documentary illustrates how "history makes its way into the frame": a musician and amateur filmmaker in Duke Ellington's band picks up racist graffiti while touring the Canadian West in the '40s. Israel Shopsowitz's camera records a billboard in Times Square as it flashes out news of the Nuremberg trials. While making deft references to her father's films, Karen emphasizes the personal worth she places on home movies, while reflecting on their enduring cultural value.

Catégories de sujets


  • Famille > Vie familialePortraits de famille
  • Cinéma > Tournage de films et vidéosHistoire du cinémaPortraits

Générique


réalisateur
Karen Shopsowitz
monteur
Karen Shopsowitz
producteur
Silva Basmajian
prise de vues
Antonin Lhotsky
preneur de son
Steve McNamee
montage son
Jeremy MacLaverty
musique originale
Danny Greenspoon
Victor Bateman
producteur exécutif
Louise Lore
narration - écriture
Karen Shopsowitz
Bill Cameron
narrateur
Karen Shopsowitz
ré-enregistrement
Peter Kelly
David Appleby
Mike Woroniuk
superviseur de production
Kemp Archibald
James Fiege
assistant au montage image
Sue Howard
assistant monteur sonore
James Mark Stewart
assistant de production
Sherri Solomon
administrateur de programme
Ida Di Fruscia
monteur en ligne
Motassem Younes
Graham Saywell
coloration
James Henry
contrôleur d'exécution
Leona Vitolouva
enregistrement de la narration
Wayne Swingle
assistant technique
Kevin Drysdale
assistant à l'administration
Joanne Forrest
recherche
Karen A. Wyatt
Marianne Kushmaniuk
Sherri Solomon
consultant au récit
Gene Hayden
libération des droits musicaux
Elizabeth Klinck

Prix et récompenses


  • Certificat de mérite - catégorie: HistoireGolden Gate Awards Competition & International Film Festival
  • Prix PeabodyPeabody Awards Competition
  • Prix Plaque de Bronze - catégorie: HumanitaireFestival international du film et de la vidéo