<I>Michael Holman Family Home Movie #28</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1960
name: label: Created by
content: Lt. Thomas Holman, American, born 1926
label: Subject of
content: Linda Holman, American, born 1953
label: Subject of
content: Michael Holman, American, born 1955
label: Subject of
content: Keith Holman, American, born 1959
label: Subject of
content: Alice Holman, American, 1927 - 2009
label: Owned by
content: Michael Holman, American, born 1955
notes: label: Caption
content: This film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop. The collection predominately contains family vacation footage shot when Holman's father, Lt. Thomas Holman, was stationed in Europe with the US Army. Most of the footage was captured by Holman's grandmother, Pauline Thompson Wood. In addition to the European vacation films, the footage shot by Pauline Wood documents her involvement with the Baha'i Faith and includes footage of Baha'i events and pilgrimages to holy sites in Israel and Palestine. There is also footage of the family at home in San Francisco and other sites in California.
label: Description
content: This film is from a collection of home movies filmed by the family of Michael Holman, an important figure in the history of hip hop. It consists of a single reel of 8mm silent acetate film with color (a), an original plastic film reel (b), and an original metal can (c).
label: Description
content: This film consists of series of shots depicting the Holman family, primarily the children, playing and mugging for the camera in the front yard and driveway of a home in San Francisco. The film begins with Linda Holman wearing a white dress with her hair in pigtails. She plays with Michael Holman who wears a white shirt and gray shorts. The film then shows Linda wearing a Catholic school uniform with a white shirt, navy sweater and plaid skirt. Keith Holman appears as a newborn, wrapped in a blanket. There are also shots of the children in a the school yard of E.R. Taylor Elementary School, where Michael attended first grade. Linda Holman wears a white dress and carries flowers around on the playground after her first Holy Communion. Michael Holman wears a red shirt under a beige overcoat and follows her around. The next shot shows Keith Holman sitting in a stroller wearing a yellow sweater and bonnet. Other children and neighbors appear in some of the shots. Near the end of the film, the motherAlice Holman, wearing a pink top and black skirt, holds Keith Holman and joins her children in posing for the camera.
label: Description
content: An original gray plastic film reel (b) with a brief content note and an original metal film container (c) with adhesive tape with handwritten information about its content also accompany the film.
place: label: Place depicted
content: San Francisco, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Catholicism
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Play
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Michael Holman Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.31.3.28.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: silent films
label: Type
content: home movies
label: Type
content: color films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 8mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Michael Holman
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film, plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 7 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 88 Feet