We traveled to the historic Rocky Mount Mills in North Carolina to collect local family photographs and stories with our local partner UNC-TV for our new PBS television series, Family […]
Don’t Miss the Al Larvick National Grant for Home Movies – Your Heritage Matters!
There are so many reasons to save and share your home movies. They are a record of our unique and common histories captured in motion. They can also be used […]
We Are a People of Stories: Wisdom on Saving Your Photos
We are just finishing up the filming of our second television episode of Family Pictures USA with our incredible host Thomas Allen Harris! We’ve enjoyed working with WGCU Public Media […]
Florida Rising: My Fort Myers Childhood Story
We are gearing up for our upcoming production of Family Pictures USA in Southwest Florida, where we will be exploring the families and community through their photographs and family albums […]
Mother, Bethel, Harlem, USA: An Interactive Celebration of Harlem
Mother, Bethel, Harlem, USA, a multimedia exhibition produced from an innovative in-gallery summer course led by artist and filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris in the Hunter East Harlem Gallery, opened August […]
Queerifying Family Narratives with Vivek Shraya
“Maybe I will define family by what I believe it’s not. I don’t think that family is conditional to being related by blood. I don’t think family needs to be […]
First Flight: My Philadelphia Story
Family Pictures USA was invited by the African American Museum in Philadelphia for their monthly Macy’s Family Fun Day to host a full day of photo-sharing sessions with the community. […]
Transforming the Family Album at Detroit’s 2018 AMC
Every year, thousands of media-makers, organizers, and agents for social change converge in Detroit for the Allied Media Conference (AMC): a 4-day, volunteer-coordinated conference that hosts hundreds of sessions focused […]
From These Roots: A Journey from Poverty in 1930s Philadelphia to Civil Rights Legacy in 1960s Los Angeles
In honor of Black History Month, Family Pictures USA remembers those who fought for the civil liberties of a people who were denied and mistreated for so long. We are […]
From Durham to Oakland: Stories of Community
“I am a person driven by an individual’s story and the stories of community. I use it in my own work by always reminding myself that we all have our […]