Major Family Archive

collection Major Family Archive
authors Bogdan Major
starring Bogdan Major
length 04'53
country Poland
locations Częstochowa, Poland  Sanctuary of Our Lady of Częstochowa on Jasna Góra, Poland 
format S8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0028 004
description

The author of the film is Bogdan Major (born in 1945), who, after graduating from the Faculty of Electronics at the Warsaw University of Technology, worked professionally as an electronics engineer in semiconductor technology in Toruń. From an early age he was interested in photography, and during his studies he was involved with the “Stodoła” Film Production Club, the “Kwant” Film Discussion Club, student radio broadcasters and, together with his wife Maria, the Literary Section of Radio Maryja. Bogdan bought his first camera after university to document family and social life. Maria’s brother-in-law Lech Szumigaj is also the author of some of the films or parts of them.                                                                                                                Film shot during the pilgrimage of Bogdan and Maria to Jasna Góra in Częstochowa. Shots of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Częstochowa and gathered faithful.

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keywords pilgrimage  family  family life  religious life  religion  faith  faithful 
source of funding Ministry of Culture and National Heritage