Major Family Archive

collection Major Family Archive
authors Lech Szumigaj
starring Magdalena Gąsiorowska; Bogdan Major; Joanna Major; Maria Major; Tomasz Major; Anna Szumigaj; Bartłomiej Szumigaj; Elżbieta Szumigaj; Lech Szumigaj
length 02'43
country Sępólno Krajeńskie
locations Jezioro Sępoleńskie, Poland  Sępólno Krajeńskie, Poland 
year 1998–1999
format S8 mm
color color
signature PAFD 0028 005
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.

A film made by Lech Szumigaj in 1998 or 1999 in Sępólno Krajeńskie. 

Bogdan and his wife Maria, together with their children, Tomasz and Joanna, and Lech’s children, Anna and Bartek, walk along a dirt road near Mr Maciejewski’s fields. Tomasz is accompanied by his wife Magdalena Gąsiorowska, who was visiting her husband’s hometown for the first time. Tom is swimming in Lake Sępoleński (on the so-called Goliłka), on the other side of the lake you can see the town beach. After finishing his swim, the man dresses on the shore. 

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keywords field  forest  beach  family  family life 
source of funding Ministry of Culture and National Heritage