Finding the Deserted, Screening the Forgotten: An Interview with Deserted Films

Devin Orgeron and Melissa Dollman run a nonprofit based in Palm Springs, California, called Deserted Films. This project is dedicated to preserving home movies made in the Palm Springs area from the 1920s to the 1980s. This article is an interview conducted with Devin Orgeron and Melissa Dollman about their project, what it’s like to run a project like this, and the impact the project has had.