My Fathers Camera

Home movies and their unique place in popular culture are the subject of My Fathers Camera Director Karen Shopsowitz weaves the history of home movies together with footage shot by her fatheramateur filmmaker Israel Shopsowitz Equipped with her dads old Super 8 camera Karen traces the history of home movies from the 1920s through to the amateur explosion of the 30s and 40s and beyond She interviews a lively lineup of scholars and collectors such as early members of the Toronto Film Club a JapaneseAmerican archivist who sees home movies as an expression of cultural diversity and a collector who hosts popular Webcasts that highlight new acquisitions