PT Journal AU Blos-Jani, M TI Excavating amateur films from the socialist Romania. Making sense of cine-amateur history through oral histories and educational handbooks SO Iluminace PY 2016 BP 29 EP 44 VL 28 IS 2 WP https://iluminace.cz/en/artkey/ilu-201602-0003.php DE Romanian amateur film; family in film; family film; political systems and film; film clubs; film history SN 0862397X AB The study outlines the history of amateur film in Romania before 1989. Based on the oral history method, this work describes the changes in the media practice of amateur filmmaking within three generations of the Haaz family, a family of Hungarian origin living in Romania. ER