Jim Bizzocchi and his camera

Identifier

1.04002

Title

Jim Bizzocchi and his camera

Scope and contents

Item is a photograph of a man with a moustache wearing a checked pattern hat and round glasses. The man is smiling and has a camera in front of him that is partially visible in the image. This photograph is a close-up snapshot of Jim Bizzocchi, a Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) fieldworker and cameraman. Jim was the cameraman who filmed a UBCIC documentary film called "Hat Creek".

Date

May 1979

Spatial Coverage

Montana

Names

Bizzocchi, Jim

Hat Creek Committee

Context

The film "Hat Creek" was a public education endeavor that was made by the Hat Creek Committee and UBCIC in an effort to document the concerns that people had about the B.C. Hydro project that intended to use the Hat Creek coal deposit to fuel generators for electric power generation in Hat Creek, British Columbia. This photograph was probably taken in Montana on a trip to the United States to gather information about mining as part of public education efforts related to the Hat Creek film. This project involved researching, interviewing and filming people and places in relation to Hat Creek as well as people and places already affected by coal mining elsewhere such as in the United States.

Hat Creek Project

Physical description

1 photograph : col. slide (Kodachrome diapositive) ; 35 mm

Related materials

Related article appeared on page 23 of UBCIC News vol. 2, no. 2 (May 1979), entitled "Montana Indians Tell of Disruption and Damage".

Statement of Responsibility

Basil, Steven (photographer)

Rights

Rights Holder

Copyright held by Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

To request permission for use or copies please contact the UBCIC Library and Archives.

General notes

Title based on contents of the image

Date is between May 1 and 4, 1979.

Last Modified

August 26, 2024