The Association of Moving Image Archivists is holding their 2011 conference in Austin and they’re inviting the public to celebrate the moving image with free screenings at Austin’s only historic picture palace, the Paramount Theatre.
Free to the Public
Saturday, November 19th
1:00pm - Amateur Night: Home Movies from American Archives
Approx. 90 min
Dramatic, funny, poignant and even strange, Amateur Night presents 16 amateur films from the collections of American film archives. Featuring films by average Joes alongside notables like Alfred Hitchcock, Richard Nixon, animator Helen Hill and Smokey Bear, Amateur Night adds to the images archival audio, commentaries from family members, and newly-recorded music.
See the whole line up:
http://www.austintheatre.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=27981
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