The Center for Home Movies held its first fundraiser last year, and we heard then that a lot of you care about what we do. Thank you! We’re listening, and wanted to give you the opportunity to continue to support our work. Over the past year, your donations have helped us to transfer and upload several home movie collections to the Internet Archive, and we have collaborated with several archives in creating a feature-length 35mm compilation of sixteen provocative home movies called “Amateur Night,” which has screened at a dozen theaters around the U.S. to date.
Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin recently noted that our biggest project, Home Movie Day®, is an important historical resource. He said: “the films you’ll see at Home Movie Day® enable those of us who weren’t around at the time to visit moments like the New York World’s Fair of 1939-1940, and I for one can’t get enough of those. Documentary filmmakers build whole features around such footage, and I’m sure historians will continue to rely on amateur movies to tell them what life was like in 20th century America.”
We wholeheartedly agree, and we have big plans for Home Movie Day® next year! By donating to the Center for Home Movies now, you can help us reach an important milestone – Home Movie Day® ’s 10th birthday. As part of the celebration, we’re going to issue a challenge to communities around the globe to hold their first ever HMD events on October 20, 2012. We had 67 cities around the world participate this year, and our goal is to break 100 cities next year. Your support in any amount will help us to make this happen. You can DONATE by clicking below on the Network for Good button below or, if you are not in the United States, the Paypal Donate button.
Gratefully yours,
The Center for Home Movies
PO Box 4797
Baltimore MD 21211
