The Last Slide Projector

The Last Slide Projector is a documentary film that tells the story of the production of the last Carousel slide projector by Eastman Kodak. The film documents the end of an era and traces the varied histories of an apparatus and a medium that have been central to family memories, to education, to art history and to the development of both cinema and corporate culture. Beginning with Kodak’s decision to cease production, the film chronicles the stories of people who were intimately involved with the production and use of the projector. An example of the transition from analogue to digital, The Last Slide Projector explores the idea of technological progress and the impulse toward nostalgia that loss and endings often inspire. (P. Sarlin)