“Because of the organic, unscripted nature of home movies and their ability to capture everyday moments or important occasions in that Asian American family, the widespread distribution of these films allows these images and their personal stories to be normalized.”
Pamela Jean Vadakan, coordinator of the California Audiovisual Preservation Project, explains why she supports CAAM’s Memories to Light campaign.
Donate $10 or more to CAAM by August 14th to help us preserve, digitize, and share home movies as windows into the American experience through intimate footage of Asian American life from the 1920s-1980s.