From mountains and pine forests to grasslands and sandy beaches, Texas is “wonderfully rich indeed” when it comes to natural beauty.
Through government and promotional films, public television, home movies, and more, the Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) explores Texas parks in its newest exhibit, “Parks Under the Lone Star.”
Created in partnership with the Office of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission (TFC), the exhibit features more than 60 videos collected as a part of the Texas Film Round-Up to take users on a visual journey through the state and national parks of Texas.
View the exhibit at: www.parksunderthelonestar.com.
“Trips to Texas parks are understandably one of the most common home movie subjects in the Texas Archive of the Moving Image collection,” said Curator Katharine Austin. “One could assume that camping at Big Bend or splashing in the Frio River at Garner was a Texan rite of passage. But parks are far more than pieces of land. They tell a complex story about Texas that dates to the age of the dinosaurs. A story that will continue and grow as long as we prioritize park protection and conservation.”
The exhibit includes an interactive map featuring videos of more than 50 Texas parks as well as shorter clips related to park administration and management and a compilation reel of home movies taken by Texans exploring the parks through the years. The moving images featured in the exhibit are the result of the Texas Film Round-Up, TAMI’s partnership with the TFC to digitize and provide access to films and videotapes documenting Texas.
The exhibit can be viewed online beginning Wednesday, June 23, 2021. Content from the exhibit will be featured throughout the months of June and July on TAMI’s social media channels.
About Archive of Moving Image
The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) is an independent non-profit organization founded in 2002 to discover, preserve, make accessible, and serve community interest in Texas’ moving image heritage.
To learn more about the Texas Archive of the Moving Image, visit texasarchive.org. Since 2008, TAMI has partnered with the Office of the Governor’s Texas Film Commission to administer the Texas Film Round-Up program, providing new access to more than 50,000 films and videotapes.