Major Family Archive

collection Major Family Archive
authors Bogdan Major; Lech Szumigaj
starring Bogdan Major; Joanna Major; Maria Major; Tomasz Major; Anna Szumigaj; Elżbieta Szumigaj; Lech Szumigaj; Lidia Walczak; Łucja Walczak; Witold Walczak
length 02'41
country Poland
locations Sępólno Krajeńskie, Poland 
year 1983
format 8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0028 010
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.

Filmed in Sępólno Krajeńskie around 1983. Bogdan and Maria Majora with their children Tomasz and Joanna, the Walczak family (Łucja and her son Witold with his wife Lidia) and the Szumigaj family (Leszek and Elżbieta with their children, Ania and Bartek) spend time singing together. Leszek is playing the guitar, which Bogdan later takes over and is fools around, simulating playing. 

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keywords friends  friendship  singing  playing an instrument  instrument  guitar  free time  family  family life 
source of funding Ministry of Culture and National Heritage