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Get Involved With Home Movie Day
Host 
Are you interested in helping people learn more about their home
movies and how to preserve them? Home Movie Day welcomes new local
hosts from all around the world, in cities big and small. Experience
handling film and a fondness for home movies is definitely a plus—but
if all you have is a venue that’s available on the second Saturday in August and a lot of
enthusiasm, we will try to help you pull together the equipment,
supplies, and volunteer archivists you will need to host a successful
Home Movie Day event. Everyone who has held a Home Movie Day event in
the past will tell you the same thing: Hard work is involved, but the
outcome makes it all worthwhile. You’ll be helping people connect with
their families’ histories, their own past, and their communities, and you’ll
also contribute to the rescue of an important part of the cultural record,
one which might otherwise be destroyed through neglect.
 Please take a look at Liz Coffey's sterling Home Movie Day 101, our FAQ
for Local Hosts, and Film
preservation links for information about what’s involved
in putting on a Home Movie Day event. Also, check the listing
of HMD venues—if there’s already an event host in your
area, get in touch and join forces. Some locations
do day and evening screenings in separate venues! If you’re
ready to sign on, email us
and provide your name, location, contact information, and,
if available, information about your Home Movie Day venue.
Volunteer
If you
can’t commit to running your own Home Movie Day event, consider
volunteering to help out with one near
you. Extra hands are always needed at HMD—relief projectionists,
film prep people, runners, greeters, and surplus friendly
folks ready to tackle the unexpected can all make a good Home Movie Day event even
better
Sponsor
Home
Movie Day is a not-for-profit effort that relies on cash
donations and in-kind support to continue every year. To
find out how you can help, and to learn more about all the
terrific people supporting us this year, see our Sponsors
page. Photos: HMD New Haven 2006 (top right), Courtesy of Molly Wheeler; HMD Los Angeles 2006 (bottom left), Courtesy of Amy Sloper.
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