“I remember my late grandfather always recording important family moments with a camera or a camcorder. The footage brings back heartfelt moments of family gatherings and also gives a personal view of history. I am sure many families have home videos on tapes or film reels and sadly, some of them may be falling apart with time. Thankfully, there is a way to keep them!
Toronto Public Library is pleased to partner with Regent Park Film Festival on project Home Made Visible. The project aims to collect old home videos on videotapes or reels from indigenous and persons of diverse backgrounds for free digitization. With families’ permission, a copy of the small segment of the home videos will be kept at York University Libraries.”
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