Women’s Film Preservation Fund of nywift presents: home movie night
streaming october 15 – 31
“Home Movie Night illuminates the creative and entrepreneurial spirit of women in cinema, showcasing a diverse range of home movies and amateur narratives, which have been preserved by the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of New York Women In Film & Television and edited together into one unique reel. The program shows women capturing the times in which they lived with humor and inventiveness. Highlights include the orphan recording at a ’50s lesbian bar; images from regional silent-era filmmakers such as Angela Murray Gibson and Margaret Cram Showalter; the private world of The Washington Post‘s Katharine Meyer Graham’s childhood, Miami artist Conni Gordon’s 1960s painting parties, and Chicago’s Amateur Cinema League humorist and filmmaker Margaret Conneely.”
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Features clips from the following home movies and amateur recordings, preserved by the Women’s Film Preservation Fund of NYWIFT:
Belfast Movie Queen (1935) – Margaret Cram ShowalterElwins to Calcutta (1934) – Adelaide Pearson
Florida Vacation (1958) – Sklar Family
French Quarter, New Orleans (2000-2005) – Helen Hill
Eugene & Agnes Meyer Home Movies (1920s) – Agnes Meyer, Eugene Meyer
Mona‘s Candlelight (c.1950) – Unknown
Artist Conni Gordon (1961) – Conni Gordon
Arrested For Life (1923) – Angela Murray Gibson
Mister E (1959) – Margaret Conneely Curators: Erika Yeomans, Kirsten Larvick
Program editor: Amy Aquilino
Narration: Erinn Ruth Thank you to the following archives and preservationists:
Academic Film Archive of North America Bill Snyder Films Chicago Film Archives Harvard Film Archive Kino Lorber Library of Congress Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives Northeast Historic Film State Historical Society of North Dakota
The Women’s Film Preservation Fund (WFPF) is the only program in the world dedicated to preserving the cultural legacy of women in the industry through preserving films made by women. It was founded in 1995 by NYWIFT in conjunction with the Museum of Modern Art.
New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) advocates for equality in the moving image industry and supports women in every stage of their careers. As the preeminent entertainment industry association for women in New York, NYWIFT energizes women by illuminating their achievements, presenting training and professional development programs, awarding scholarships and grants, and providing access to a supportive community of peers.