Home Movie Day At The Campus Theatre Online

October 24, 2020

When: Saturday, October 24, 2020 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Where: Home Movie Day will be individually represented by numerous cinemas and organizations worldwide through each venue’s virtual online platform.  Admission is free.

What Is Home Movie Day? 

Home Movie Day is a celebration of amateur films and filmmaking held annually at many local venues worldwide. Home Movie Day events provide the 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. It’s a chance to discover why to care about these films and to learn how best to care for them.

What People Say About Home Movie Day 

“Saving our film heritage should not be limited only to commercially produced films. Home movies do not just capture the important private moments of our family’s lives, but they are historical and cultural documents as well. Consider Abraham Zapruder’s 8mm film that recorded the assassination of President Kennedy or Nickolas Muray’s famously vibrant color footage of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera shot with his 16mm camera. Imagine how different our view of history would be without these precious films. Home Movie Day is a celebration of these films and the people who shot them. I urge anyone with an interest in learning more about how to care for and preserve their own personal memories to join in the festivities being offered in their community…”— Martin Scorsese

“There’s no such thing as a bad home movie. These mini-underground opuses are revealing, scary, joyous, always flawed, filled with accidental art and shout out from attics and closets all over the world to be seen again. Home Movie Day is an orgy of self-discovery, a chance for family memories to suddenly become show business. If you’ve got one, whip it out and show it now.”— John Waters

“Home Movie Day is the perfect opportunity for people to connect with our past and to move the conversation about preserving our cultural heritage into the future.” — Ken Burns

 How Can I Participate In The Campus Theatre’s Home Movie Day? 

Saturday October 24th from 1-3pm.  We’ll be streaming our Home Movie Day on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, and Twitch.

Do you have films to share?  Turn your home into an archeological excavation site, dig through your closets, call Grandma, and discover your family’s home movies (8mm, Super8mm, 16mm, Video8, or VHS). 

Contact andy@campustheatre.org to make an appointment to drop off the films that you would like to share for our Home Movie Day.  The Campus Theatre will digitize up to 10 minutes of footage/video. 

As a BONUS, you’ll later get a free digital transfer (downloadable file e-mailed to you) of the home movie that you shared with us on the screen.

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH US TO DROP-OFF FILMS AT THE CAMPUS THEATRE IN LEWISBURG BY EMAILING andy@campustheatre.org and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Choose up to 10 minutes of your home movies on film (that’s roughly 3 (three), 50ft reels of 8mm film) or video tape and bring to:

Campus Theatre 

411 Market St

Lewisburg, PA 17837

We’ll be accepting home movies through October 17, 2020.  Contact us at andy@campustheatre.org to coordinate a drop-off time. Please wear a mask.

With video tape, please specify if there’s a specific scene you want us to capture. We won’t be able to let you queue up the video tape at our studio.

Some of the footage we digitize for free we will presented live online* on Saturday, October 24th for Home Movie Day Campus Theatre Online 2020 via Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and Twitch. 

After Home Movie Day, we will have a special link for you to download the digital file of the home movies you brought us.

The Campus Theatre Home Movie Day is additionally interested in finding home movie footage of historic Lewisburg and our surrounding communities.