Where:
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02215
Admission:
$10
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences
Event website:
http://www.masshist.org/calendar/event?event=2406
The term “amateur film” conjures visions of shaky, out-of-focus images depicting family vacations and kids’ birthday parties, but early twentieth-century amateur filmmaking produced irreplaceable records of people’s lives and beloved places. This volume of essays, interprets a wide variety of visually expressive amateur films made in New England. Martha McNamara (Wellesley University) and Karan Sheldon (Northeast Historic Film) will highlight three examples: the comedies of landscape architect Sidney N. Shurcliff, depictions of pastoral family life by Elizabeth Woodman Wright, and the chronicles of Anna B. Harris, an African American resident of Manchester, Vermont.
Monday, Jul 07, 2025 goes until 07/18
Boston Area Spanish Exchange (BASE)
Saturday, Jul 05, 2025 11:30a
Crane Beach
Monday, Jul 14, 2025 6:30p
WBUR CitySpace
Sunday, Jul 06, 2025 11:00a
New England Botanic Gardens at Tower Hill