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 […]
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Digital Diaspora Family Roadshow Heads to CAAMFest!
LIMITED NUMBER OF COMP TICKETS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE AVAILABLE! EMAIL INFO@FAMILYPICTURESUSA.COM AND WE’LL ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR LIST. The soon-to-be National Public Television series explores history through the […]
Re-Imagining the Family Album at Hunter College!
These are my student’s testimonies from two-day seminar, Re-Imagining the Family Album with me at Hunter College’s Integrated Media Arts Program for the Masters in Fine Arts students. ……………………………………………….. “As I […]
A Boston-Edison Tale: 65 Years, 4 Generations, 1 Home
Detroit native and artist, Michelle May shares her family story with Family Pictures USA about growing up in the historic neighborhood of Boston-Edison. “Historic Boston-Edison is a 36-block neighborhood area of Detroit containing approximately […]
The Bruschitzkis of Linzee Street: Building Detroit Brick by Brick
This summer, Detroiter, Bonnie Schow shared her family story with Family Pictures USA. Read below to learn more about her incredible family. “My great-great-grandfather, Julius Bruschitzki came to Detroit in 1881. […]
New TV Series “Family Pictures USA” is Coming to Detroit!
Check out our schedule and be ready to share your stories and family photographs! The Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow will be in Detroit this summer to film the pilot for Family […]
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow is Coming to Detroit!
I have been going back and forth to Detroit over the past few months preparing for our Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow as part of the Detroit Historical Society (DHS) Detroit 67 Project – a citywide commemoration of […]
Françoise Bouffault: Making the Past More Alive
We met Françoise Bouffault after the DDFR @ NY African Film Festival and invited her to share her family story. The following is the email that she sent in response. Dear […]
Immigration Emerges As Theme At University of Illinois in Chicago
The Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow (DDFR) at the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) was a bit like a homecoming as I was working with my former colleagues from University of California […]
Highlights From Our Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Facebook Group!
Our Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Facebook group community has been sharing beautiful pictures and heartwarming histories, highlighting the necessity of a platform where we can not only celebrate our family […]