This evening's program delves into the prolific yet overlooked film world created by amateur filmmakers. The word "amateur" comes from amare, to love. For over sixty years, amateur filmmakers in the United States have been passionately pursuing their craft and exhibiting their movies primarily within their film clubs. Once there were thirteen amateur movie clubs in the Bay Area alone; works from two which still thrive, Westwood Movie Club and San Jose Movie/Video Makers, are represented in tonight's program. Other works, from the past and present, come from clubs in San Diego and Los Angeles, as well as a selection of mini-movies from this year's annual convention of the Society of Amateur Videomakers and Cinematographers. Whether shooting in video or film, working alone or on a group production, documenting the wonders of nature or experimenting with homemade idiosyncratic methods of production, amateur filmmakers create for the love of it, and are dedicated to exploring the possibilities of their hobby while continuing their professional lives.