Reuniting Lost Home Movies Through the Making of “The Chinese Exclusion Act” Documentary
Neither the filmmakers nor CAAM predicted that the inclusion of this home movie would lead to identifying the family in the footage.
Neither the filmmakers nor CAAM predicted that the inclusion of this home movie would lead to identifying the family in the footage.
Special call out to the Filipino American community who are willing to share their home movies and participate in Memories to Light: Asian American Home Movies!
Home movie footage from Kip Fulbeck’s family collection shows an early trip to Santa’s Village in San Bernardino, CA.
Participants and audience members gathered in the theater, a converted church with pews and a functioning pipe organ to watch the films as they were originally intended to be shown—through a film projector and onto a white screen.
Home Movie Day is a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking, providing an opportunity for individuals and families to see and share their own home movies with an audience of their community, and to see their neighbors’ in turn.
CAAM launches a special Memories to Light: Asian American Home Movies initiative focusing on California’s Central Valley.
Gavin Tachibana remembers his family and the times they spent together, through watching old home movies. CAAM’s Memories to Light program archives Asian American home movies.