Morzyszek Family Archive

collection Morzyszek Family Archive
authors Paweł Morzyszek
starring Agata Miller; Ewa Morzyszek; Joanna Morzyszek
length 09'12
country Poland
locations Dziwnów, Poland  Włodzimierzów, Poland 
year 1983
format 8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0047 042
description

This collection of films was recorded by a married couple, Paweł and Joanna Morzyszek. Amateur films shot on 8 mm and Super 8 film reels document family life: celebrations, holidays, vacations, and travels. The archive covers materials from a 20-year period, from 1968 to 1988, which allow us to follow the growing up of Paweł and Joanna’s children – Ewa and Tomek – and their granddaughters – Agata and Anna.

Film shot in Dziwnów and Włodzimierzów, dated June 1983.
Part 1
Two girls are spending time at the summer plot – for a while they pretend to run a store, then one of them, presumably Agatka, gets on a bike. Her friend is running after her.
Part 2
Agatka is playing in the river with her mom, Ewa Miller.
Part 3
Agatka is blowing soap bubbles on the cabin’s deck.
Part 4
Agatka walks around the plot together with another girl. She approaches her mom who fixes her hair.
Part 5
Various shots from the seaside. A brief shot of a ship. Agatka and her grandmother, Joanna Morzyszek, pose for the camera. Agatka sits on a toy elephant and then on a toy car. Agatka, wearing a swim ring, plays with her grandmother Joanna in the sea. Agatka swings on a swing – her grandmother, grandfather, and two children her age keep her company. Agatka rocks on a toy donkey. Joanna Morzyszek walks with Agatka by the lake, they look at the ship “Anna.”

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keywords family, child, girl, play, toy, bicycle, teddy bear, swing, grandmother, grandfather, ship, sea, lake 
source of funding Polish Film Institute